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->''HERE YOU LEAVE TODAY AND ENTER THE WORLD OF YESTERDAY, TOMORROW AND FANTASY''-->-- '''Plaque over the entrance tunnels into Disneyland'''

The six ThemePark resorts owned and operated by The Walt Creator/{{Disney}} Company under the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts subsidiary, also known simply as Disney Parks. Their best-known attractions include state-of-the-art rides and shows based upon [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon the Disney films]], as well as spectacular parades, fireworks and other live performances. You want to make sure [[ImGoingToDisneyWorld everyone knows you're going there.]]

Creator/WaltDisney came up with the idea for his original park when he took his children to a park and noticed the parents just hanging off to the side while the children played. He decided to build a place where the entire family could have fun and enjoy themselves. While the idea was met with some skepticism, the execution was resoundingly successful, and remains so to this day.

[[folder:Disney Resorts]]* '''Disneyland Resort''': The original Disneyland Park opened on July 17, 1955 by invitation only, and the following day to the general public. Located in Anaheim, UsefulNotes/{{California}}, it's the only park Walt saw built within his lifetime. Serves as the template for most of the parks worldwide, though fans praise the fact that Disneyland is the only park that had [[Creator/WaltDisney Walt's]] personal touch. Its companion park, Disney California Adventure, opened in 2001. There are not as many resorts around this site because Disney did not have a lot of money when the park was built, and by the time the company became the MegaCorp they are today, the city's property values had gone through the roof because of the tourism Disneyland brought in (Walt was not happy about this irony).* '''Walt Disney World Resort''': The largest and most popular of the resorts opened in 1971, located near UsefulNotes/{{Orlando}}, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}}. Includes four parks: Magic Kingdom (based largely on the original Disneyland), Epcot (devoted to science, technology, and cultures of the world; opened in 1982 as EPCOT Center), Disney's Hollywood Studios (formerly Disney-[[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM]] Studios and focusing on movie/moviemaking-related attractions, 1989) and Animal Kingdom (combo of theme park and wildlife park, 1998), as well as two (formerly three[[note]]The original, ''River Country'' opened in 1976, but eventually became very outdated compared to its sister parks and closed permanently in 2001[[/note]]) water parks: Typhoon Lagoon (1989) and Blizzard Beach (1995). Fans constantly debate which of the four parks is the best, whether they were better in the old days, and so on. Disney World also includes many hotels, an all-purpose sports complex, golf courses, and a few shopping/dining/entertainment complexes like Disney Springs (formerly Downtown Disney among other past names).\\\\The actual "Reedy Creek" property upon which Disney World sits is '''huge''', and many guests are surprised to learn that it consists mostly of wildlife preserves and undeveloped natural Florida habitat. This "breathing space" is deliberate, to avoid the property lockout seen in Anaheim. Another reason, and the company's official line, is that Walt Disney heard from families who could see the freeway congestion from the Skyway trams at Disneyland, and were leaving early to avoid Los Angeles' typical traffic. He developed Disney World so its parks would be as far separated from "reality" as possible, making it more likely that tourists and locals alike will stay longer.\\\\The property on which the resort sits on was bought by Roy O. Disney, Walt's older brother. Note also that this is the only park to have "Walt" in the title. Roy specifically wanted to name the park in honor of his brother rather than just the company. For his efforts to complete Walt's long-in-development Florida Magic Kingdom, there is a statue of him sitting with Minnie Mouse just past the entrance of that park, to complement the famous "Partners" statue at the main hub.* '''Tokyo Disney Resort''': Opened in 1983 and is the first (and only) franchise Disney resort, owned and operated by the Oriental Land Company rather than by Disney itself. Some additions such as Pooh's Honey Hunt and the Tokyo [=DisneySea=] park have become some of Disney Imagineering's most lavishly praised creations.* '''Disneyland Paris''' (formerly known as Euro Disney Resort and later Disneyland Resort Paris): Opened in 1992, and going for an even more elaborate look (as well as DarkerAndEdgier for some attractions). Includes two theme parks, the original one is now known as Disneyland Park and a second opened in 2002, known as Walt Disney Studios Park. It bombed spectacularly at first, though it eventually gained some legs. As of late, though, Disneyland Park's ticket sales have been cannibalized by Walt Disney Studios Park. After opening, the park was [[AmericansHateTingle hated by the French people]], who opposed the poor (by French standards, anyway) working conditions there and viewed it as an example of [[EaglelandOsmosis American cultural imperialism]]. Despite the initial hostility, today the resort has some of the largest attendance numbers of any European tourist destination (but still loses money by the boatload).* '''Hong Kong Disneyland Resort''': Opened in 2005, its park is very close in design to the original Disneyland, though it's much smaller and only has a few of the iconic Disney attractions. Nonetheless, it's gained notoriety for, in essence, having the exact ''opposite'' problems that Euro-Disney did. However, Disney embarked on a large expansion project that brought unique attractions to the park, some being new twists on old favorites. The expansion includes Big Grizzly Mountain Runaway Mine Carts, which is a twist on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. The story goes that miners discovered gold in the mountain on 1888, complete with friendly bears. Now it's your turn to take a ride through the mine.... The expansion also includes a WesternAnimation/ToyStory themed land, which is themed to look like Andy's toys in the grass of his backyard, and a LighterAndSofter twist on Ride/TheHauntedMansion, set inside a Victorian-era mansion in the jungle belonging to AdventurerArchaeologist Lord Henry Mystic and his pet monkey, Albert. Lord Mystic's just gotten back from another archaeological expedition and brought back an [[ArtifactOfDoom enchanted music box]]. Then one day, Albert opens the music box and the artifacts in the mansion come to life...* '''Shanghai Disneyland Resort''': After years of planning for a resort in mainland China, the project was approved by the Chinese government in November 2009. Ground was broken in April 2011 and finally opened in [[ScheduleSlip 2016]][[invoked]]. The resort is 2-3 times the size of the Hong Kong Resort with room for up to three parks, the first of which will, of course, be a version of the Magic Kingdom; the other two are expected to be ports of Epcot and Animal Kingdom. Aside from Fantasyland and Tomorrowland, the park is comprised of new lands that are variations on other themes. Mickey Avenue fuses Main Street and Toontown into a new entry zone, the hub is a new land unto itself known as the Gardens of Imagination, the Pirates of the Caribbean films become the new Treasure Cove area, and the mysterious LostWorld of Adventure Isle is the home of a new Soarin' and a rapids ride home to a malevolent prehistoric beast known as Q'araq.

In addition to the main theme park resorts, Disney also runs several additional vacation and leisure ventures that spread their influence to just about every corner of the globe and give guests access to more vacation options outside the parks while still maintaining that "Disney feeling":* '''Adventures by Disney''': Runs guided vacations to various destinations in the US and around the world ranging from Yellowstone Park to the French Riviera, each coordinated by Disney "Adventure Guides" who serve as personal tour guides as well as concierges, giving guests the opportunity to see the wonders of the world while still retaining trademark Disney hospitality.* '''Disney Cruise Line''': Well, it's a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin cruise line… from Disney]]. Currently has a fleet of four ships: ''Disney Magic'', ''Disney Wonder'', ''Disney Dream'', and the newest, ''Disney Fantasy'' which entered service in 2012. Originally based out of Port Canaveral, FL the ships now sail from various ports in the US for cruises to the Caribbean, Europe, Mexico, and Alaska. Caribbean cruises all feature a stop at Castaway Cay, Disney's own private island in the Bahamas.* '''Disney Vacation Club''': Disney's take on timeshare ownership, and as you might hear about it while staying at WDW, [[BlatantLies The Best Kept Disney Secret]]. Members buy into a share of a DVC resort and get an annual allotment of points based on the size of their investment. These points can be put towards a trip, as well as banked year to year or borrowed against the next year depending on the type of trip wanted. For most people, the initial investment pays for itself after a few years. Resorts feature amenities above and beyond those of the Deluxe resorts including Villa style rooms with full kitchens. Members get priority access to their "home" resort when booking, but can also use their points to stay at any resort they choose. Disney also owns three off-site resorts in Hilton Head, SC, Vero Beach, FL, and ''Aulani'' in Hawaii, and contracts with hundreds of hotels around the world that members can visit as part of DVC.

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The parks are a rich well of [[AffectionateParody Affectionate]] (or not) [[SnarkBait Parody Fuel]], often in the form of SouvenirLand. Some of the most popular attractions have been adapted into movies, with ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' being the most successful of them, but also including ''Film/TowerOfTerror'', ''Film/TheHauntedMansion'', ''Film/TheCountryBears'' and ''Film/{{Tomorrowland}}''. There's also ''Film/EscapeFromTomorrow'', a black-and-white indie horror film shot guerrilla-style at Disneyland and Disney World without the company's permission.

See also ''Literature/TheKingdomKeepers'', a series of books by Ridley Pearson, that take place at Walt Disney World; ''ComicBook/DisneyKingdoms'', a {{Marvel}} Comics imprint focused on stories based around the attractions; ''Literature/DownAndOutInTheMagicKingdom'', a sci-fi novel set in 22nd century Disney World, and the Wasteland of the ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'' video game is based on the "Magic Kingdom" parks.

Several other video games are based around the parks, including four that [[NoExportForYou never left Japan]]. Also, two DVD sets in the ''Walt Disney Treasures'' line have been dedicated to the parks: "Disneyland, USA" and "Disneyland: Secrets, Stories, and Magic".----!!The Theme Parks are the TropeNamer for:* AdventurersClub* BewareOfHitchhikingGhosts* ImGoingToDisneyWorld* {{Tomorrowland}}----[[folder:Attractions with their own pages:]][-Note: Although all resorts include a Magic Kingdom park, in this list "Magic Kingdom" only refers to the one in Walt Disney World, Florida. The California Magic Kingdom is labeled as "Disneyland" and the Tokyo, Paris, Hong Kong, and Shanghai parks are referred to by their locations.-]

[[index]]* ''Ride/AlienEncounter'' (Magic Kingdom)* ''Ride/BigThunderMountainRailroad'' (Disneyland, Magic Kingdom, Tokyo, Paris)* ''Film/CaptainEO'' (Disneyland, Epcot)* ''Ride/CarouselOfProgress'' (Disneyland, Magic Kingdom)* ''Ride/CountryBearJamboree'' (Magic Kingdom, Disneyland, Tokyo Disneyland)* ''Ride/CraniumCommand'' (Epcot)* ''Theatre/DougLive'' (Hollywood Studios)* ''Ride/EllensEnergyAdventure'' (Epcot)* ''Theatre/{{Fantasmic}}'' (Disneyland, Hollywood Studios, Tokyo [=DisneySea=])* ''Ride/GoldenDreams'' (California Adventure)* ''Ride/TheGreatMovieRide'' (Hollywood Studios)* ''Franchise/TheHauntedMansion'' (Disneyland, Magic Kingdom, Tokyo, Paris, Hong Kong)* ''Ride/{{Horizons}}'' (Epcot)* ''Ride/IndianaJonesAdventure'' (Disneyland, Tokyo [=DisneySea=])* ''Ride/ItsASmallWorld'' (Disneyland, Magic Kingdom, Tokyo, Paris, Hong Kong)* ''Ride/JourneyIntoImagination'' (Epcot)* ''Ride/JungleCruise'' (Disneyland, Magic Kingdom, Tokyo, Hong Kong)* ''Theatre/LaNouba'' (Walt Disney World)* ''[[Ride/MickeysPhilharmagic Mickey's Philharmagic]]'' (Magic Kingdom, Tokyo, Hong Kong)* ''Ride/MuppetVision3D'' (Hollywood Studios, California Adventure)* ''Ride/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' (Disneyland, Magic Kingdom, Tokyo, Paris, Shanghai)* ''TabletopGame/SorcerersOfTheMagicKingdom'' (Magic Kingdom)* ''Ride/SpaceMountain'' (Magic Kingdom, Disneyland, Tokyo, Paris, Hong Kong)* ''Ride/StarTours'' (Disneyland, Hollywood Studios, Tokyo, Paris)* ''Ride/StitchsGreatEscape'' (Magic Kingdom)* ''Film/TheTimekeeper'' (Magic Kingdom, Tokyo, Paris)* ''Theatre/TwiceCharmed'' (Disney Cruises)* ''Ride/TheTwilightZoneTowerOfTerror'' (Hollywood Studios, California Adventure, Tokyo, Paris)* ''Ride/WorldOfColor'' (California Adventure)[[/index]][[/folder]]----!!Tropes used in the parks include:* AnthropomorphicPersonification: The "Attractionistas" souvenir dolls are friends who wished to embody their favorite rides. They are:** [[SouthernBelle Carrie]] (Fantasyland Carousel)** [[PirateGirl Pearl]] (Pirates of the Carribean** Maddie (Mad Tea Party)** Gracey (The Haunted Mansion)** Nellie (Jungle Cruise)** Celeste (Space Mountain)** [[CreepyHousekeeper Holly]] (Hollywood/Twilight Zone Tower of Terror)** Briar (Splash Mountain)* AnthropomorphicShift: Some meet and greets characters such as [[WesternAnimation/PlutoThePup Pluto]] and [[Disney/TheAristocats Marie, Toulouse, and Berlioz]] can now walk on two legs.* AbortedArc:** The nods to dragons and unicorns in Animal Kingdom were hinting towards a land that they ended up never building, Beastly Kingdom, focusing on fantasy creatures. The only things left of that (so far) are a dragon-shaped rock formation near Camp Minnie Mickey, a bridge that looks like the entrance to a castle, and the big dragon who appears on the park's logo to the confusion of many a guest. The concept of including mythological creatures into the park was eventually picked up by Expedition Everest's Yeti, but has yet to be paid off in full. It's speculated that the ideas for Beastly Kingdom might finally be realized in the upcoming ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' Land, but so far they've been very tight-lipped about details.** Some of the Imagineers behind Beastly Kingdom went to work on Ride/UniversalStudios' Island of Adventure, and many of the attractions in that park's mythology-themed area, especially the Dueling Dragons coaster, were derived from the Disney project. (Much of this area would be incorporated into The Wizarding World of Franchise/HarryPotter later; Dueling Dragons was rethemed and renamed Dragon Challenge.)** In the super-secret-invite-only Club 33 restaurant, several disused animatronic animal heads hang from the wall. Walt had planned to be able to speak through them to his guests. The idea was abandoned because it was deemed too silly for a high-class restaurant and because of privacy concerns. The idea sort of came to fruition at the now shut-down Adventurers' Club in Disney World's Pleasure Island.** The giant, unused building at Epcot's Japan pavilion was originally built to hold an American version of ''Meet the World'', a charter attraction at Tokyo Disneyland (as the parks' development and construction overlapped). But this Audio-Animatronic/film show recounting Japanese history glossed over the country's role in World War II, and Disney execs realized that it might offend American veterans, so it was scrapped.* AcePilot[=/=]CoolPlane: RealLife examples shown in the queue for ''Soarin' Over California'' features a pre-show area paying tribute to many a famous pilot and aircraft who've made a groundbreaking impact in aviation history. Among the icons shown are UsefulNotes/AmeliaEarhart, Chuck Yeager, Howard Hughes and James Herman Banning.* ActionFigureSpeech: The character performers. Though more recently, costumes with functional mouths (and blinking eyes) have begun to be introduced for cases where they need to speak, such as the Mickey who appears at the opening of the Magic Kingdom and the Timon who emcees ''The Festival of the Lion King''.* AdaptationDistillation: The philosophy behind designing the "dark ride" version of an animated film is that, instead of rehashing the plot of the film, you should try to recreate the dominant visual/emotional impact of the film using a handful of pivotal scenes taking place in immersive environments. Hence (for example), the bulk of the ''Disney/PeterPan'' ride consists of two rooms occupied by models of London and Neverland surrounded by fiber-optic stars, over which riders "fly" in vehicles suspended from an overhead track. The film's actual plot is compressed into a few brief scenes toward the end of the ride.* AdjectiveAnimalAlehouse: A [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/27087639@N00/5391093707/ sign]] for "The Green Dragon" can be seen in Disneyland's Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.* AllThereInTheManual:** A lot of attraction backstories rely on promotional items and books on the parks to understand, and/or familiarity with their source material in the case of rides adapted from films, TV shows, etc.** Disney has [[http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/new-fantasyland/ a website]] to explain different locales in Walt Disney World's New Fantasyland, as well as a fictional explanation as to why visitors had to wait 41 years after Disney World's opening before going to these places. (After fans of fairy tales outgrew the stories, villains seized the opportunity to steal significant items, activating a curse that hid New Fantasyland from the real world.)** To better understand Alien Encounter, you must watch the pre-shows.** To understand the backstory of Mystic Manor, you need to watch [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLvq84KqOeE the pre show]]. It mentions that Lord Henry Mystic along with his adorable and mischief making pet monkey Albert collected rare artifacts from around the world to display in the manor, and have opened it to the public in the 1900s for them to see.** [[http://wdwnewstoday.com/archives/624 There is actually a backstory to the now gone nighttime parade Spectromagic, mainly for Mickey and the Spectromen.]]--> The [=SpectroMen are keepers of light. They hold the parades magical light and transform it for you in the midst of the night. They come from a land called LightSpriation where everything is filled with rays of light and magical bursts of color. They were always afraid to come out of hiding and share their magical light, until one day, Mickey, the SpectroMen King, asked if they would join him in a nighttime festival of magic and light, and come and bring the magical light for everyone to see. Scared to confront people, they hesitated. After much consideration, the SpectroMen agreed. They brought along their magical SpectroBalls and Light-Trumpets to spread the joy of their magical light to everyone. Mickey controls the light they magically create and powers the parade through his Electro-ball, changing it from night to day, or crystal to multi-color.=]** Also the name for the 4 [=SpectroMen=] on the whirly balls are named Hyper-Chic, Lo-Ball, Rapper and Opera.* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: This trope can be felt in the TV commercials for Splash Mountain when it first opened. They play "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" in the background and, of course, feature the huge climactic drop, but that's where the similarities end. The commercial for the ride at [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Chvu_L8_RpM Disneyland]] (opened in 1989) has a very foreboding feel to it and features an announcer (that sounds very much like Creator/DonLaFontaine) who says ominously that "the only way out is a [[PunctuatedForEmphasis long. Way. Down!]]" By contrast, the commercial for the same ride at [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXT4CU_Sjuw Tokyo Disneyland]] (opened in 1992) has a much more cheerful tone to it. The announcer (speaking in Japanese, of course) also sounds excited.* AnachronismStew: ** At Disneyland's Main Street USA:*** Several walkaround characters such as Alice and Mad Hatter are allowed to roam through the land despite not being from that period or location.*** The Main Street Theater plays Mickey Mouse cartoons that wouldn't be released for twenty to thirty years after the land's early 1900s setting.*** The Jolly Holiday Bakery, based on the movie ''Disney/MaryPoppins'', is in the land a decade before the film took place.*** Main Street's 2012 background music loop includes the main theme from ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'', a film that begins in the 1930s.** The ''DINOSAUR'' ride, despite being set in the Late Cretaceous period, mixes in several dinosaurs from different eras, including ones that go all the way back to the Late Jurassic era.** A minor example, but the final scene of ''Carousel of Progress'' set in TheNineties accidentally became this when the TV broke, and since analog tube [=TVs=] are no longer manufactured, they replaced it with a very 2000s-ish flatscreen.* AnimalEaredHeadband: The Minnie Mouse counterpart to the classic Mickey hat.* ApocalypticLog: One of the radio transmissions in the queue for Jungle Cruise has a skipper warning the dockmasters about the natives attacking passing boats, cracking in and out before being lost in static.* ArabianNightsDays: Arabian Coast at [=DisneySea=].* ArcWelding: Since the 90s, it has been common for attractions sharing a land to be woven together into a larger storyline for that area. In recent years though, the Imagineers have gotten more ambitious, taking the Society of Explorers and Adventurers storyline at Tokyo DisneySea and starting to tie it into almost every original attraction with pulp adventure and supernatural themes. Besides SEA's main home bases of Mystic Manor and Tokyo DisneySea, the organization has ties to the Jungle Cruise, the Haunted Mansion, Big Thunder Mountain and the Indiana Jones franchise.* TheArtifact:** The Imagination pavilion at EPCOT Center had its ride and Image Works section re-themed to correspond with ''Honey, I Shrunk The Audience'', which is now replaced with ''Captain EO''. Which ''Honey'' replaced to begin with. ''Captain EO'', in its original run, broke the original continuity of the pavilion by being SpaceOpera rather than whimsical fantasy as charter film ''Magic Journeys'' was (upon disembarking the ride, one was encouraged to "Follow Figment to ''Magic Journeys''"; the sign was pulled down when ''EO'' went in). So the ''ride'' was the artifact first!** The reason that Epcot's parking lot is so massive is because it was intended to be the location of a second, larger [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_and_Ticket_Center Transportation and Ticket Center]]. In the plans, the Epcot-to-Magic-Kingdom monorail loop would have been joined by two other loops - one that would have serviced the Epcot hotels, and another that would have taken guests to the Walt Disney World Village shopping center (now Downtown Disney).** If you've ever seen the Electrical Parade, most of the people around you were probably murmuring "Who is that?" when the ''Film/{{Petes Dragon|1977}}'' float came by. The ''Pete's Dragon'' float that is immediately followed by an [[TheSeventies America's Bicentennial float]]! This also happens during Disneyland's Soundsational Parade when the Three Caballeros-themed float comes by. ** The Electric Water Pageant also sports a Bicentennial-themed finale.** The aforementioned mythical creatures in the Animal Kingdom iconography.** Huge chunks of Disney's Hollywood Studios' acreage became this once it stopped operating as an actual film/animation studio, and the tours that remain are shadows of their original selves. These are set to become home to expansions based around ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' and ''Franchise/StarWars''.** When Mine Train Thru Nature's Wonderland closed in the 1970s for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, much of the rockwork unaffected by the new attraction was left up. Cascade Falls was demolished in the 90s due to water damage, but much of the Living Desert's rockwork became a backdrop for Big Thunder Ranch's petting zoo and barbeque place. Some of this would be torn out for the Star Wars expansion, but other bits are apparently planned to be retained.* ArtifactOfDoom:** The Shiriki Utundu idol in [=DisneySea=]'s Tower of Terror was powerful enough to possess the whole hotel and smack Harrison Hightower into another dimension. Also a mystic gem in the ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' sequence of the Great Movie Ride at Disney's Hollywood Studios. And no matter what, DON'T LOOK INTO THE EYES OF MARA OR THE CRYSTAL SKULL. That could be dangerous. Very dangerous. And then there's the enchanted music box at Mystic Manor, which makes the artifacts come to life to try and [[EverythingIsTryingToKillYou kill Albert the Monkey and the guests]], and wrecks the mansion.* ArtificialAtmosphericActions: Hearing Spanish instructions can feel this way in the American parks: the English voices are all very expressive and in-character. The Spanish announcements by comparison sound almost like a text-to-speech announcement. The "Exit" signs in some attractions and Dark Rides too...but really, you'd have to be TooDumbToLive to ''not'' make them visible, or to have some way to fix the ride/rescue stuck people.** Averted in ''It's A Small World'' with the foreign language instructions - fits the theme ''and'' all sound very nice and expressive. ''Alice in Wonderland'' and ''Casey Jr. Train'' also avert this, too.*** Further averted in ''Radiator Springs Racers'' where both the English and Spanish warnings are given by characters from the movie who will be seen again later in the ride (The Sheriff and Ramone respectively). ** The Animatronics can also seem this way. When they fail, it's either quite hilarious at best or downright scary at worst.* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: The chanting in a made-up language in the Tapestry of Nations/Tapestry of Dreams parade was meant to evoke the feel of African or Native American languages to give it the world music feel it needed without being very specific of its origin.* AscendedExtra: Dr. Nigel Channing (played by Eric Idle) started off as one of the characters in ''Honey, I Shrunk The Audience'', but was later then given a prominent role in the pre-show of Tokyo's version of the attraction, and later was made the star of the ''Journey into Imagination'', expanding the universe HISTA is set in.* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: Tokyo Disneyland and later Walt Disney World had a show, ''Cinderellabration'', depicting Cinderella's coronation into a princess. The festivities included guest appearances by the other princesses, and fireworks that viewers could see even in the daytime.* BatScare: The first lift on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad leads through a cavern full of screeching bats.* BeneathTheEarth: [=DisneySea=]'s ''Journey to the Center of the Earth'', the portion of Disneyland Paris' ''Phantom Manor'' where the Doombuggies are BuriedAlive and you see a bunch of corpses rising from their underground graves.* BearsAreBadNews: Played fairly straight with the bears in ''Big Grizzly Mountain Runaway Mine Cars'' at Hong Kong Disneyland, in which bears inadvertently send riders on the wrong track and later blow up some TNT and sending riders off on another track.** The various Country Bear shows more or less avert this (see BearyFunny below), except for in the ''Country Bear Vacation Hoedown'', which has a line in one song, "The Great Outdoors", in which the bears sing that "if y'all don't join us, we'll chase you up a tree!"* BearyFunny: The ''Country Bear Jamboree''* TheBigEasy: New Orleans Square (Disneyland) and Port Orleans French Quarter Resort (Walt Disney World).* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: The ''Matterhorn Bobsleds'' and ''Expedition Everest'' both star Yetis.** Actually, the Matterhorn stars an Abominable Snowman, while Everest has a Yeti. This is the explanation for why the one in the Matterhorn is vaguely human-sized and the Yeti in Everest is... bigger.* BilingualBonus: Prevalent in many parks, most notably in Animal Kingdom, where the African portion features signs in mostly accurate Swahili.* BitingTheHandHumor: Happens occasionally on the Jungle Cruise.* BlatantLies: "Do ''you'' know Disney's best kept secret?" That's how they '''''ADVERTISE''''' the Disney Vacation Club timeshare program. They have such prominent kiosks in the park.* {{Bowdlerise}}: ** The ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' ride started, for example, with pirates chasing women, implying potential sexual assault. Then the women were given food so ''that'' would be what the pirates were after. Then the pirates were given the food instead and the women chased ''them'' to get it back. Somewhat TruthInTelevision, as unspoiled food was fairly hard to come by on the high seas, and if you were a pirate the only way you could really acquire some is to steal it.** Animal Kingdom got a taste of this ''before it even opened''. Kilimanjaro Safaris originally had the visible corpse of Big Red after she is killed by poachers, and the dragon cave on the Discovery River Boats originally had the dead knights lying around it. Both were removed after they received extremely negative response during the park's employee previews.** After the death of a toddler at the maw of a local alligator, Disney has currently removed all references to crocodylians in their theme parks, including a now unfortunate one-off line from the Jungle Cruise saying to "Watch your children, or the crocodiles will…" and even removing Tick Tock Croc from appearances, including the electrical water pageant. Also, Louis the Alligator was removed from the Royal Friendship Faire show where he was to debut because of this incident. Come August, however, Tick-Tock Croc started making appearances again in the Water Pageant, and Louis finally appears. Mentions of crocodiles in the Jungle Cruise also return, with the exception of that one line mentioned above.* BrightCastle: The iconic Sleeping Beauty Castle (or Cinderella Castle, if you're in Florida or Tokyo) in each of the Magic Kingdom-style parks.* {{Bulungi}}: The hub of the African portion of Animal Kingdom is set in the town of Harambe, in the fictional nation of East Africa, which judging by a bench [[BilingualBonus received independence in 1961.]]* ButtMonkey: Skippy, the cute and fuzzy little alien from the pre-shows of ''Alien Encounter'' and ''Stitch's Great Escape''. In ''Alien Encounter'', he was teleported from one tube to another, but got fried in the process, then disappeared indefinitely when being re-teleported to the previous tube. He does not suffer any physical harm in Stitch's Great Escape, even though he has been arrested for "jaywalking between Mars and Jupiter".** Albert at Hong Kong's ''Mystic Manor'' is a literal example. After opening an enchanted music box acquired by his owner, he soon becomes a target for some of the things brought to life by the magical music, from the tikis shooting arrows at him, to [[AnimatedArmor Samurais]] trying to decapitate him and even the jade statue of The Monkey King/Sun Wukong creating a vortex trying to suck him out of the mansion.* BunniesForCuteness: So far [[Disney/{{Bambi}} Thumper and Miss Bunny]] are one of the only Disney rabbits that play this trope straight during meet and greets.* CaliforniaDoubling: Often the Florida parks are advertised with footage from Disneyland Resort. This has only become more common with the homogenous "Disney Parks" branding.* CallBack: Finding Nemo: Submarine Voyage is ''packed'' with references to both Submarine Voyage and [[Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea 20000 Leagues]]. From Atlantis to the Graveyard of Ships, to a trip into a cave evoking the trip to the bottom of the sea in Submarine Voyage, to the Angler Fish being an {{Expy}} of the [[{{Kaiju}} terrifying]] GiantSquid in 20,000 Leagues, and even two rock formations that deliberately look like a Sea Serpent and a Mermaid...there's even an old diver's helmet that is another reference to 20,000 Leagues as well!* TheCameo: The current version of "it's a small world" in California includes "small world" versions of Disney characters in the corresponding areas. Some are really obvious ([[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Ariel]] and Disney/LiloAndStitch in the tropical area, Disney/TheThreeCaballeros in South America), some not so much (you specifically have to be looking to find Disney/PeterPan and Tinkerbell flying way overhead in Europe, and it may take a minute to realize some of the jungle's animals are [[Disney/TheLionKing Simba, Pumbaa, and Timon]]).** ''TheIncredibleMrLimpet'' is in the new ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'' ride in the California Adventure. Though [[AllAnimationIsDisney not a Disney character]], it is a nod to him showing up as a background character in [[http://heatherinfresno.wordpress.com/2011/06/08/the-incredible-little-mermaid-cameo/ "Under the Sea"]] in the movie.** [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Mudkip]] is present at Innoventions.* CaptainErsatz: The alien from ''The [=ExtraTERRORestrial=] Alien Encounter'' was one for, well, the Xenomorph from ''Franchise/{{Alien}}''. Apparently, it was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally planned to be a Xenomorph]], and an actual Xenomorph shows up on The Great Movie Ride.* CaptainObvious: The narrator of the extinct semi-educational ride Adventure thru Inner Space gave a few gems such as:--> (While the car is surrounded by giant snowflakes) "These are snowflakes!"--> "And yet this wall of ice only ''seems'' smooth and solid. From this tiny perspective, I can see that nothing is solid, no matter how it appears!"--> "Yes... these are ''water'' molecules! H[[subscript:2]]O... Two hydrogen atoms bonded to a single oxygen atom."** Parodied on The Jungle Cruise.--> '''Skipper:''' And now I'd like to point out some of my favorite plants here to you. (points at random plants without saying anything)* ChefOfIron: At the full-service dining restaurants in Disney's parks and resorts, the chefs who work there have to be a specific type of culinary badass. In addition to all of the usual stresses of being a professional chef, these guys face crowds that would make chefs in restaurants in the outside world cringe in fear. They have to be on the ball, quick, and precise to a level that is rarely seen outside of such an environment. To give you an idea, consider that in an average restaurant, a dinner service that sees 1000 customers is considered a one-in-a-million oddity that was very likely a near-disaster for the restaurant that likely came close to running out of food. Now consider that 1900 Park Fare at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort averages 1500 people ''per dinner service'', and isn't considered unusually busy until it hits around 3000 customers in a single night. It's not even on the list of Top 10 Busiest Disney Restaurants.* {{Creepypasta}}: Given the fact that some people find scary things in the park, and that people love to try and make things grim dark, the parks are a somewhat common target. * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: A number of meet-and-greet characters have undergone this, usually when their source show doesn't prove to be wildly/enduringly popular. Examples include [[Disney/{{Bambi}} Flower]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Doug}} Doug Funnie and Patti Mayonnaise]], [[Disney/OliverAndCompany Oliver and Dodger]], and a whole lot more...* CollectibleCardGame: ''Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom'' is looking to be partially this, though played within the parks and utilized to battle various Disney villains at interactive screens.* [[CompositeCharacter Composite Ride]]: The [[Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea]] ride combined elements from Verne's novel, such as the presence of Atlantis, the trip under the Ice Cap and the Graveyard of Lost Ships, which weren't in the movie, but were in the book. As well as that, the Franchise/IndianaJones Adventure ride in California takes place in India and is clearly an {{Expy}} of the [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom Temple Of Doom]], from it taking place in 1935 India, to having an Indian influence in the architecture, a (malfunctioning) DescendingCeiling and a Hindu deity, while Tokyo's has it in South America. But the boulder from the first movie shows up, and some rooms are similar to the Temple in the Last Crusade.* CompressedAdaptation:** Some dark rides such as ''The Many Adventures of Winnie The Pooh'', ''Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue!'', and ''The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure'' have eschewed the AdaptationDistillation approach of earlier dark rides and instead just retell the movies scene-for-scene with animatronics.** California Adventure features a breakneck-paced 40-minute stage show version of ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}''.* ContentWarnings: In a sense. On the park maps, some attractions have warning symbols if they're likely to frighten children; however, it's inconsistently applied (using Hollywood Studios as an example, ''The Great Movie Ride'' gets the warning, but not ''Star Tours - The Adventures Continue'').* CoolOldGuy: Dreamfinder, Creator/BenjaminFranklin and MarkTwain in "The American Adventure", and the Sage of Time from Tapestry of Nations.* CoolBoat:** The Mark Twain Steamboat seen in the Rivers of America.** Captain Hook's Pirate Ship in ''Fantasmic''.* CoolShip: Dreamfinder's Zeppelin.* CoolStarship:** The [=StarSpeeder=] 3000 from ''Star Tours'' as well as its forerunner, the [=StarSpeeder=] 1000 from ''Star Tours: The Adventures Continue''. Also, various ''Star Wars'' ships have appeared throughout the ride's history, including the X-Wing, the Naboo N-1 fighter, Boba Fett's ''Slave 1'' and the ''Falcon''.** The "Rockets" on Space Mountain and the Astro-Oribter.* CoolTrain:** Creator/WaltDisney was always keen on trains, alongside animators [[Creator/DisneysNineOldMen Ward Kimball and Ollie Johnston]], and has been quoted saying that Disneyland "will all be surrounded by a train" inspired by his Carolwood Pacific backyard railroad. So he and Disney proto-Imagineer Roger E. Broggie built two replicas of Walt's Lilly Belle miniature train for the park and got the Santa Fe Railroad to sponsor it, leading to the Disneyland Railroad. ** There are also other cool trains at the Disney parks as well, from the ever-iconic Monorails in Anaheim and Orlando as well as the now-defunct [[http://waterandpower.org/Historical_DWP_Photo_Collection_LA_Public_Library/Disneyland_4.jpg Viewliner]] and [[http://land.allears.net/blogs/jackspence/TTA%2001.jpg People Mover]].* CosmeticallyAdvancedPrequel: ''Star Tours: The Adventures Continue'' (2011-Present) is set in the ''StarWars'' universe roughly a year or two before the events of ''Film/ANewHope'' whereas the original ''Star Tours'' (1987-2010) took place sometime shortly after ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. Since the ''Star Wars'' {{prequel}}s already fit this trope, it naturally stands to reason the droids, various technologies and overall look of the attraction appear slightly [[OlderIsBetter more advanced and sleeker]] than its predecessor. You might also say this is because the ride is now set at a time when the Star Tours spaceline was in its prime whereas in the original attraction, the company, like the rest of the galaxy, may have undergone [[UsedFuture some wear-and-tear]] after constant Imperial oppression. On a side note, Captain Rex (RX-24), the original ride's Starspeeder pilot droid, is now seen in the Sector 2 area of the queue [[DemotedToExtra as a defective "prototype" model]].** ''Stitch's Great Escape'' also fits this trope, since it takes place before the events of the first ''Lilo & Stitch'' film, as it features Stitch's first run-in with the [[TheFederation Galactic Federation]].* {{Cosplay}}:** A decent amount of merchandise involves [[WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts Mickey and friends]] ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Stitch]]) as characters from non-Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon movies, mainly ''Franchise/StarWars'' but also ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'', ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'', and ''Franchise/IndianaJones''.** Averted with non-child guests, who are not allowed to enter the parks if they are wearing Disney character costumes, for fear they would be mistaken for (and thus compete with) the official characters by other guests (this did lay down some extra rules for Anime Expo the one year it was at Disneyland; see FanConvention below). Cue the [[http://disneybound.tumblr.com/ DisneyBound]] phenomenon, in which fans visit the parks wearing outfits that vaguely resemble character costumes without replicating them. * CountingToPotato: At the entrance to Toontown in Disneyland, there's a population counter which is constantly cycling through numbers...and screws, stars, dumbbells, TNT, and various other random things.* CrapsaccharineWorld: Main Street USA, of all places. It's hard to hear them, and sometimes they aren't played at all, but some of the audio bits played from certain second-story windows reveal, among other things, that the local dentist is life-threateningly incompetent at his job (and doesn't seem to care if one of his patients is seriously injured during a procedure), the fire chief (who is also the postmaster and general store owner) [[TooDumbToLive cannot begin to comprehend the idea that a fire is a dangerous emergency that requires IMMEDIATE action]], the town populace is extremely prone to spreading gossip and will openly and offensively insult one another on occasion, the [[PoliceAreUseless police]] have totaled their new paddy wagon and are engaged in a cover-up to keep the Mayor from becoming aware, and the piano teacher is [[SadistTeacher physically abusive to the children she teaches]] (that last one, unfortunately, could be considered [[TruthInTelevision accurate]] [[ValuesDissonance for the time period MSUSA is set in]]). It's all PlayedForLaughs, but when you [[MST3KMantra think about it too hard...]]* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Upon hearing that the WTC and the Pentagon had been attacked on 9/11, all parks in both California and Florida parks were immediately shut down out of fear that they would be attacked as well. Cast members (including the ones in costume) evacuated all six parks [[http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2007/09/11/what-was-it-like-to-be-at-disneyland-and-or-walt-disney-world-six-years-ago-today.aspx in ten minutes.]][[note]]Note that the Magic Kingdom at Disney World has a truly massive underground tunnel system (the "utilidors"), partially designed to help protect any guest to the park.[[/note]] However, the IndyPloy resulting from it was ingenious: show classic movies and cartoons in the hotels non-stop (complete with popcorn), and make all the games in the arcades free. Operations resumed the following day. * CuteKitten: While there aren't that many Disney cat characters. [[Disney/TheAristocats Marie along with her brothers Toulouse and Berlioz]] pretty much fit this trope. Especially during their interactions with guests during meet and greets in the parks.* DarkerAndEdgier:** Magic Kingdom's former ''The [=ExtraTERRORestrial=] Alien Encounter'' was far more adult-oriented than the other attractions in the park, being about a blood-thirsty alien getting unleashed among an audience of guests, with the attraction even giving the illusion of it ''licking you''. The original ''Snow White's Adventures'' ride was pretty dark, too.** Disneyland and Hong Kong Disneyland's ''Space Mountain: Ghost Galaxy'' Halloween overlay is much darker than the normal attraction, as it depicts you getting chased by an evil cosmic entity that makes some particularly hellish-sounding moans and growls, complete with a more horror-themed soundtrack. The monster falls under the CelestialBody trope, but since the graphic used is a salmon-orange, [[FlayingAlive it looks like a skinless ghoul]].** Hong Kong Disneyland's ''Haunted Halloween'' event, while not reaching a ''Theater/HalloweenHorrorNights''-level of scary, certainly pushes boundaries of what you would expect from Disney, as it has featured several haunted houses and scare zones that have delivered some pretty solid scares.** The ''Villains Unleashed'' event at Disney's Hollywood Studios featured a show called ''Oogie Boogie's Freaky Funhouse'', which attracted some controversy from parents, as it featured things like some rather provocative fire dancing, wild sword swallowing, horror-themed crossbow shooting, and even some sexual innuendos.* DeadpanSnarker: Every boat ride operator in the Jungle Cruise is this, by design. Most of the fun of the ride comes not from the animatronics or the jungle atmosphere, but from the boat's operator.-->"Now if you look off to your left, way out in the distance there, you will see absolutely nothing."* DeathMountain: Big Thunder Mountain, the Matterhorn, and Expedition Everest's Forbidden Mountain fit the role pretty well.* DemBones: Found in ''Pirates of the Caribbean''. Cheerier skeletal characters are in both versions of the Mexico pavilion's boat ride in a Day of the Dead scene.* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: ** Disney California Adventure: A California theme park...''themed after California''. This was one of many complaints guests made during its opening in 2001.** Fritz, from the Enchanted Tiki Room:-->'''Fritz:''' Ach, ja! And a wunderbar birdmobile! [[ShapedLikeItself Which has birds on it, and it goes round and round!]] That's why we call it a birdmobile!** From the ''Honey, I Shrunk the Audience'' preshow: "But please, do not put on the safety goggles [3D glasses] until you are safely seated safely inside the theater safely." * DisneyAcidSequence: Some straight from the movies, and some unique to the parks:** The Heffalump and Woozle room on the ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' attractions.** Pretty much what World of Color is. Even with the deletion of the Alice sequence.** ''Mr. Toad's Wild Ride'' takes you through ''HELL''. Literally.** And then, there was ''Magic Journeys''...** The "Tomorrow's Child" sequence from the Walter Cronkite version of Spaceship Earth** The entirety of the original ''Journey Into Imagination'' ride.** Disneyland's ''Alice in Wonderland'' ride.** ''Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin''.* {{Disneyfication}}: Disney did this to one of their own attractions: The Sinbad ride at Tokyo [=DisneySea=], which went from a rousing adventure in a Mary Blair-esque visual style to a musical that took out all the danger in Sinbad's adventures, gave him an adorable sidekick and basically went full Small World.* DisproportionateRetribution: You looked into the eyes of the Crystal Skull/Mara? In that case, please stay in your transport while the god attempts to blow up a bridge, send undead warriors/dart-shooting skulls and a giant snake demon after you, plus a rolling boulder.* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: The ride vehicles on Ride/TheHauntedMansion are called "Doombuggies."** The scary part of the Indiana Jones Adventure begins at the "Gates of Doom."* DrillSergeantNasty: General Knowledge (played by Creator/CoreyBurton) from the now-gone ''Ride/CraniumCommand'' show.** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with Sergeant 90210 in ''Ride/StitchsGreatEscape''.* DrivesLikeCrazy: ''Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin'' and ''Mr. Toad's Wild Ride''.* EarlyBirdCameo: Disney's done this with whole rides. The Disney/SleepingBeauty Castle walkthrough at Disneyland opened several years before the movie, ''It's Tough to be a Bug'' opened a few months before ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'', and ''Countdown to Extinction'' featured Aladar and the Carnotaurus from ''Disney/{{Dinosaur}}'' about two years before the movie came and the attraction was renamed for the movie (though they have ''nothing'' in common, otherwise).* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Disneyland had a ''circus''?** From 1957 to 1961, there was an area within Disneyland park called Holidayland that was only accessible from outside the park's gates. It had its own separate admission and featured playgrounds, picnic tables, a baseball field, horseshoe rings, and volleyball nets, among other recreational activities - and unlike Disneyland, the area actually sold beer. After four years it was torn up in order to make room for New Orleans Square, annexing the land back into the park.** The backstage tour at the Disney-MGM Studios was originally two hours long and consisted of a tram tour, a walking tour, a film portion and various restaurants and shops along the way. The tram portion was shortened significantly a few months after the park opened when New York Street (now the Streets of America) was made accessible to guests who were not on the tour, and the singular tour itself was broken up into several smaller individual tours in 1991. Eventually these smaller tours were closed and most were replaced with rides; the last remaining individual tour, the tram tour, closed for good in 2014.* EarnYourHappyEnding In the old Tokyo [=DisneySea=] show 'Over the Waves' the main characters, Tonio and Maria, seem to get this.* EasingIntoTheAdventure: The purpose of Main Street, USA in the Magic Kingdom parks is to give guests something cozy and relaxing to enjoy before presenting them with the more exotic environments of [[JungleJapes Adventureland]], {{Tomorrowland}}, etc. This was especially important when Disneyland opened, as no one had ever seen anything like it before.* EasterEgg:** Entire ''books'' have been written about the so-called Hidden Mickeys, inconspicuous images of Mickey Mouse or his silhouette placed in various unexpected locations around the parks. It is also very common, when one attraction is closed and replaced with another, for the Imagineers to include an unobtrusive tribute to the old attraction in the new one.** In Disney's Hollywood Studios]], if one looks up at the Tower of Terror from the Fantasmic queue area, they can see a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-U3tuHKTfk silhouette in one of the windows.]]** In Franchise/TheHauntedMansion, a strange light can be seen moving through the mansion at night, as if someone was walking through it holding a candle.* EccentricMentor: Dreamfinder was this to Figment until the [[MentorOccupationalHazard attraction was updated to remove him]].* EgoPolis: Does this trope ''really'' need explanation? The ''entire'' theme parks are smothered with Walt Disney's likeness, including the name!** Strangely enough, Walt Disney himself tried to avert this. He named Disneyland after himself (or more accurately after his company) but he didn't want his image to appear anywhere in the park, and during his lifetime it didn't. It was only after his death that "The Walt Disney Story" was installed in the Main Street Opera House, complete with a mural featuring a huge grinning portrait of Walt. More portraits, statues, etc. have been added over the years, but Walt wouldn't have wanted any of them.** Hong Kong Disneyland's Mystic Point, named for Lord Henry Mystic, though it is more of a small explorer's outpost that serves as the base of operations for Mystic's adventures that he's opened up for visitors curious to see his vast collection of art from around the world and a meeting place for the Society of Explorers and Adventurers.*** Same with Tokyo [=DisneySea’s=] Tower of Terror and fellow explorer Harrison Hightower, except due to Hightower's mysterious disappearance, the New York Preservation Society handles tours of his former hotel.* EiffelTowerEffect: Each park has a certain landmark that's used to represent it:[[note]]Imagineers call such visual magnets "weenies." Really.[[/note]] Cinderella/Sleeping Beauty Castle for all "Magic Kingdom"-style parks, Spaceship Earth for Epcot, the Chinese Theatre for Disney's Hollywood Studios,[[note]]a status it shares with the Earful Tower, though the Chinese Theatre is much easier to get to and visible right from the entrance; both were dethroned for a number of years by the Sorcerer's Hat, but that was removed in January 2015[[/note]] the Tree of Life for Animal Kingdom, and the Carthay Circle Theatre for California Adventure[[note]]originally Grizzly Peak; similarly to the Chinese Theatre, it was dethroned while remaining in the park, presumably because the trees that originally made it look taller grew tall enough to dwarf it[[/note]]. They serve two main purposes. The first is having something to get your picture taken standing in front of. The second is so that no matter where in the park you are, you can look up, note where the landmark is in relation to you, ''and instantly know where in the park you are'' (which can be ''very'' important, as many rides have exits nowhere near their entrances).* ElaborateUndergroundBase: As anyone who's been backstage at a Disney park can tell you, the backstage area has lots of dressing rooms, props, and parade floats, often just barely out of sight. Disney hides these by putting up large walls, having secret doors, and even a massive maze of underground tunnels that allow the cast members to quickly get from one place in the park to another.* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Inverted in part of "Yo-Ho (A Pirate's Life For Me)", the theme song for Pirates of the Caribbean, which goes:-->We're devils, blighters and ne'er-do-well cads\\Drink up, me 'earties, yo-ho\\Aye, but we're loved by our mommies and dads\\Drink up, me 'earties, yo-ho* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Probably the only reason Epcot's Universe of Energy has a massive Dinosaur sequence, which itself was based on Disneyland's Primeval World diorama that serves as the finale for the Disneyland Railroad.** [=DinoLand=] U.S.A at Animal Kingdom.** Has your theme park developed the technology to create a free-moving, independently walking, lifelike animatronic figure of an animal? Obviously the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_the_Dinosaur animal in question]] should be a dinosaur!* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: They were all over the place, especially shows and parades, even before the Franchise/DisneyPrincess line started.* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: "it's a small world" contains a very high ratio of glitter to total surface area. Many of the parade and stage show costumes ramp up the glitter quotient as well. And then, there's the Bibbity Bobbity Boutique...* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: The Teacups ride, based on ''Disney/AliceInWonderland'', is all about spinning as fast as people can go.** Also, the taxicabs at Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin.** And the Cars Quatre Roues Rallye at Walt Disney Studios Paris.** Another Cars example: the tractors at Mater's Junkyard Jamboree at the California Adventure.* EverythingIsTryingToKillYou: The nasty side effect of the enchanted music box on the artifacts in ''Mystic Manor'' at Hong Kong Disneyland, from Norse Gods freezing up to the room, huge Venus Flytraps snapping at you, cannons and giant crossbows firing at you, Tikis shooting arrows at you and Albert, and the Monkey King statue creating a massive vortex trying to suck you and Albert out of the mansion.* EvilBrit: S.I.R. in the long-dead ''Ride/AlienEncounter'' attraction.* EvilElevator: They call it the ''Tower of Terror'' for a reason.* ExpansionPack: Well, Toontown and California Adventure. And well before either, New Orleans Square and Bear Country/Critter Country. As of 2016, the newly announced Star Wars Land will be this as well.** It's much harder to do in California specifically because they couldn't buy as much land when they started out - by the time they could have bought the land to make it mirror the Florida and other worldwide parks; third party hotels and restaurants had already gobbled it up and capitalized on it.* {{Expy}}: Some of the original park characters bear a striking resemblance to each other.** The dogs in ''Living with the Land'', ''Carousel of Progress'', ''Horizons'', and the dog holding the keys in ''Ride/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' all look identical.** The caretaker in ''Ride/TheHauntedMansion'' and one of the men getting poked by the rhino on the ''Jungle Cruise'' both share the same face.** The lava monster in ''Journey to the Center of the Earth'' and the alien in ''The [=ExtraTERRORestrial=] Alien Encounter'' both look very similar aside from different skin colors and the former not having wings.* FacialProfiling: Averted on "it's a small world." The same mold is used to make the faces for all the dolls, regardless of ethnicity. This is of course entirely deliberate, since the idea being promoted by the ride is that humans are all essentially the same no matter where they come from.* FanConvention: The Disney parks actually played host to a few of them.** The 2000 edition of Anime Expo took place at the Disneyland Resort. Yes, they did have to play by Disney's rules on [[https://web.archive.org/web/20080916175628/http://www.animenewsservice.com/archives/june2.htm cosplay]] (as noted above) and [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2000/anime-expo/2 mature content]].** The 2010 edition of [=BotCon=], the official Creator/{{Hasbro}}-approved ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' convention, took place at the Walt Disney World Resort. [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/BotCon_2010#Friday The Friday schedule ended earlier than in any other year before or after because it's, well, Disney World.]]** The 2012 edition of Minecon, the official ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' convention, took place at Disneyland Paris.* FantasticVoyagePlot: ''Body Wars''. Was taken further in "Adventure Thru Inner Space", which went down to an atomic scale.* FantasyGhetto: Averted in that classic fantasy aspects are a major part of the parks - Fantasyland is even front and center in the Magic Kingdom-style ones. Affirmed in that, more than ever, the fantasy aspects are almost all fairy-tale princesses and, well, fairies; intended to appeal to young girls. You want stuff like knights, sorcerers, or dragons; you're pretty much out of luck. Supposedly part of the major expansion to Florida's Fantasyland is intended to fix this.* FarEast: China & Japan at Epcot's World Showcase and Asia at the Animal Kingdom.* FluffyTheTerrible: Several examples:** The giant cobra on the Franchise/IndianaJones ride at Disneyland (named, in fact, Fluffy)** The dragon used for Maleficent's transformation in Fantasmic! is called Murphy.** Harold the Yeti on the Matterhorn.** Space Mountain has been given a temporary overlay for Halloween, called "Ghost Galaxy." Its star is [[http://media.hkdlsource.com/image/gallery/1118-M.jpeg the charming fellow seen in the background here]]. His name is Bob.** The Yeti at Expedition Everest is named Betty. * ForeignRemake: ** ''Phantom Manor'' is the French version of ''The Haunted Mansion'' at Disneyland Paris in a house awfully reminiscent to Bates Manor in ''{{Film/Psycho}}'' and is set to an original backstory integrated with the themed Frontierland it's located in.*** There's also ''Mystic Manor'' at Hong Kong Disneyland.** ''Tower of Terror'' at Tokyo [=DisneySea=] has no affiliation, whatsoever, with ''TheTwilightZone'' and is themed with "Hotel Hightower" in 1890s New York instead of 1930s Hollywood.* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: A recurring theme of several rides; mostly RuleOfFunny is in effect but the scarier rides play the FridgeHorror for all its worth.* FrivolousLawsuit: Too many to count; hardly any are successful. A lot of people only saw the ThemeParkVersion of law... so as a result they thought they could sue for absolutely trivial things. One of the more hilarious ones is a woman who claimed to have gained 50 pounds after The Three Little Pigs apparently fondled and harassed her - the charge was dropped when the costumes were found to have had inoperable stub-arms.* FunWithAcronyms: EPCOT, the Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow (Walt's intention for the site, but after his death the company reworked the idea into a World's Fair-style theme park). There of course have been jokes about other things it could stand for, like "Every Person Comes Out Tired", "Employee Paychecks Cut On Thursday", or "Experimental Polyester Costumes Of Torture"* FurAgainstFang: The theme of 2012's Halloween Celebration at Hong Kong Disneyland* GagNose: On TheMadHatter and Captain Hook.* GangplankGalleon: Pirates of the Caribbean.** With BubblegloopSwamp in the form of the Blue Bayou portion in California, Tokyo and Paris.* TheGenieKnowsJackNicholson: In the vein of the original movie, the ''Aladdin'' stage show keeps its pop-culture references up to date.* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: ** In Anette's Diner in Disneyland Paris, every once in a while the waiting staff jumps on the counter and dances to "[[Film/{{Grease}} Greased Lightnin']]". It's the uncensored version which says "pussy wagon".** The [[http://micechat.com/forums/disneyland-resort/96720-redheaded-pirate-painting-disneyland.html#post2808525 bar painting of a pirate lass]] in "Pirates of the Caribbean" at Disneyland is topless with just a few wisps of GodivaHair.** The whole of Disneyland Paris's Pirates Of the Caribbean ride counts as this, as it is the only version of the ride not to have been {{bowdlerise}}d or updated for the film series; therefore, it still contains, for instance, the pirates clutching a teenage girl's petticoats and wondering where she is. If anything, more crap has gotten past the radar in this version: there are silhouettes of a woman being harassed by two pirates, and it seems like they are trying to sexually assault her.** You can now find Starbucks coffee shops around Walt Disney World. In general, that doesn't qualify for this trope. The one on Main Street in the Magic Kingdom uses the [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e9/Sbux_logo_pre_1987.gif original Starbucks logo]]. That's right, a [[spoiler:topless mermaid]] right near the entrance of the Disney park most obviously geared towards children.** The Golden Horseshoe in Disneyland is a replica of a Western saloon, complete with ''red lanterns'' hung outside.* GhostInTheMachine: ''Ride/CraniumCommand''s premise.* GiantEyeOfDoom: [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/albaum/448665872/ The iconic Back on visual eye]] from Adventure Thru Inner Space.* GoneHorriblyRight: The construction of Disneyland Anaheim created a land value boom across the city, transforming it from a quiet rural community to ''the'' tourist attraction of Southern California. This came at the dismay of Walt Disney, who was not only unable to expand his park, but also felt this new development detracted from the magical atmosphere his park was vying for. [[DefiedTrope He kept this in mind]] when plotting out construction for Walt Disney World.* GoneHorriblyWrong: Became the standard plot twist of every Disney thrill ride after ''Star Tours'' opened in 1987.** 1955's ''Rocket to the Moon'' show (and its subsequent updates ''Flight to the Moon'' and ''Mission to Mars'') would use this trope (via the ship getting damaged in some way) as a reason to force the guests to fly back to earth before being able to land on and explore the Moon/Mars.** Before ''Great Moments with Mr Lincoln'' was opened, Disney's demonstrated their new animatronic technology to a group of Illinois government officials. They were not amused when the Lincoln figure broke down and started leaking '''[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything red]]''' [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything hydraulic fluid]] from its head. From then on all figures were switched to clear fluid.* GreenAesop: Contained in Epcot's ''The Land'' pavilion and almost the entirety of the Animal Kingdom park.** During the 1970s, the burning cabin on Tom Sawyer Island was changed to fake fire as people complained it wasted energy. The actual energy was trivial compared to Disneyland as a whole, of course, and the real flames returned in the 1980s.* GuideDangIt: Some of the Hidden Mickies are in very hidden locations. How do people find these without a guide [[http://findingmickey.squarespace.com/hidden-mickeys-disneyland/ like]] [[http://hiddenmickeysguide.com/ these]]?* HaveAGayOldTime: The Mexico ride ends with a cut-down rendition of the Three Caballeros' theme. Despite being clearly a brand-new recording made specially for the ride, the line "three gay caballeros" was left intact.* HellHotel: The Hollywood Tower Hotel a.k.a ''Series/TheTwilightZone Tower of Terror''. Also, "Hotel Hightower" at Tokyo [=DisneySea=].* HistoryRepeats: "It was shut down after a few years because it was prone to breakdowns, had a low hourly capacity and was difficult for guests to figure out how to use" is an apt description of either Disneyland's ''Flying Saucers'' or its SpiritualSuccessor attraction ''Luigi's Flying Tires'' built nearly fifty years later.* HollywoodAtlas: The pavillions themed around certain countries at EPCOT, as follows: [[SouthOfTheBorder Mexico]], [[NorseByNorsewest Norway]], [[LandOfDragons China]], [[OktoberFest Germany]], [[OliveGarden Italy]], [[{{Eagleland}} The American Adventure]], [[{{Wutai}} Japan]], [[ArabianNightsDays Morrocco]], [[GayParee France]], Britain, and [[CanadaEh Canada]].* HubLevel: In the Magic Kingdom parks, the Central Plaza at the end of Main Street is a real-life example and possible TropeMaker.* HulaAndLuaus: The Enchanted Tiki Room and Walt Disney World's Polynesian Resort. Also the long gone Tahitian Terrace at Disneyland.** There's also Aulani, a Disney resort ''in'' Hawaii.** The Tribal Arts room of Hong Kong's ''Mystic Manor'' lifts elements directly from the Tiki Room.* HurricaneOfPuns: Happens with glorious frequency on the Jungle Cruise.--> "And here we see the back side of Schweitzer Falls, named after the back side of the famous explorer, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Schweitzer Dr. Albert Falls]]."** Also noticeable in the Aladdin-based stage production in California Adventure.** Not to mention the extinct Kitchen Cabaret / [[AffectionateParody Food Rocks]] show at The Land pavilion.* IgnoredExpert: Poor Professor Dorje puts up all those nice displays in the Expedition Everest queue warning people of how dangerous the Yeti is and yet they still walk right by and get on the train headed into its sacred domain...* {{Improv}}: Minus the scripted bits involving Mike and Roz, ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc Laugh Floor'' is entirely this, with digital puppeteers performing on stage and interacting with people in the audience.* IncredibleShrinkingMan:** A Bug's Land, a part of California Adventure themed to the movie ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife,'' is built to make guests feel bug-sized, with giant shamrocks, benches made of popsicle sticks, and restrooms disguised as a giant box of tissues.** ''Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids'' became the basis for a playground/set walk-through (Hollywood Studios) and the [=3D=] show ''Honey, I Shrunk the Audience'' (Epcot/Disneyland/Disneyland Paris/Tokyo Disneyland).** ''Body Wars'' (1989-2007) took you on a mission inside the human body within a ship miniaturized to fit within a blood vessel.** In the long-gone Disneyland ride ''Adventure Thru Inner Space'', riders were "shrunk" small enough to travel inside an atom.* IndianBurialGround: Combined with NeverSayDie in some versions of ''Big Thunder Mountain''. There's a curse on the mountain due to it being a "sacred place" to the natives. The Haunted Mansion at Disney World is also said to built on one of these.* InsistentTerminology: Park employees are all known as "cast members", whether they're dancing on a stage or serving corn dogs. Just one of many show-biz terms used to set park operations apart from a typical business.* IntercontinuityCrossover: Disney World's ''Enchanted Tiki Room (Under New Management)''. The new management? [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Iago]] and [[Disney/TheLionKing Zazu]].** The Tokyo version is invaded by [[Disney/LiloAndStitch Stitch]].** ''Fantasmic!'' is an even better example, with several Disney Villains from various films attempting to attack Mickey Mouse via his dreams, and a few good guys helping him out.** ''Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom'', an interactive game hosted by Merlin that sends guests around the Magic Kingdom park to battle the various Disney villains that are working together.** Occasionally, the walkaround Disney characters will interact with one another. For example, on YouTube you can find several videos of Alice and the Mad Hatter interacting with Peter Pan and Wendy.** The new stage show, Mickey's Royal Friendship Faire, is one that features Mickey, Minnie, and the rest of the gang interacting with characters from Disney's more recent movies, including The Princess and the Frog, Tangled, and Frozen.* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Disneyland Paris has an life-size animatronic dragon underneath its castle.** Also, the different versions of Fantasmic each have their own dragon Maleficent.* InvertedTrope: While normally the scenery would attempt to be as believable as possible, the (real) restaurant opposite of the ''Pirates Of The Caribbean'' ride, ''The Blue Bayou'', could easily be mistaken as part of the scenery.* InvisibleBackupBand: Sonny Eclipse's Space Angels at ''Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe''* {{Irony}}: Animal Kingdom's Tree of Life [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19977_the-5-most-unsettling-disney-theme-park-easter-eggs_p2.html is built on an oil rig]][[note]]it's not pumping oil, they just needed something that could withstand hurricane-force winds[[/note]].* ItWillNeverCatchOn: A running gag in the current version of ''Carousel of Progress,'' thanks to its TechnologyMarchesOn plot.** Also, people once said this about Disneyland, back when Walt was trying to get funding to build it. They couldn't have been more wrong.* JungleJapes: A major portion of Adventureland and Animal Kingdom, plus the African section of ''It's A Small world''.* {{Kayfabe}}: Strictly enforced. As far as every "cast member" is concerned, that ''is'' Mickey Mouse, that ''is'' Cinderella. The characters never break character, and they're quite careful to make sure you never see two Tinker Bells at once. [[note]]For example, if you're on line to meet Queen Elsa, the line is likely to end in a large waiting room--then one group at a time will be taken from the waiting room to the actual audience chamber where Elsa is waiting. There might be four audience chambers, each with its own Elsa, but the kids-of-all-ages will never know.[[/note]]* {{Keet}}: The Spectromen from Spectromagic all act very energetic and giggles a lot.* KidAppealCharacter: Marty Wazowski in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc Laugh Floor'', Mike's nephew who usually interacts with the youngest kids in the audience.* LargeHam: The non-speaking characters often make exaggerated gestures and do goofy things. Then there are the Spectromen from the now-gone nighttime parade Spectromagic at Walt Disney World.* {{LARP}}: The Legends of Frontierland game in Anaheim is one of these, right down to the standard convention of using RockPaperScissors to simulate a fight between players.* LegionOfDoom: Walt Disney World currently has the villains in a "Halloween Villain Mix and Mingle." Maleficent and Captain Hook seem to be an item (?!), and Frollo is there again, ''dancing''. [[OutOfCharacterMoment Hey, Frollo! I thought you didn't enjoy these kinds of festivals?!]]** That's ''absurd.'' Everyone knows [[CrackPairing Maleficent is dating Jafar]].*** That's not what the Disneyland Fun Sing Along says...** Disneyland Paris has a similar Maleficious Halloween Party where various villains teach Doctor Facilier some evil skills (and Maleficent and Jafar appear to be an item)* LighterAndSofter: ''Mystic Manor'' at Hong Kong is much lighter than its ''Haunted Mansion'' counterparts (and much, ''much'' lighter than its ''Phantom Manor'' counterpart!), featuring an adorable little monkey, much brighter lighting, a musical score more adventurous than spooky (and by Music/DannyElfman, no less), a tone of general whimsy rather than dark comedy, and as a matter of fact, no ghosts whatsoever- just magic. Apparently, this was done due to [[ValuesDissonance Chinese cultural views regarding spirits and the paranormal]]; that is, that they're evil and undesirable, and certainly nothing to laugh at.* LightGunGame: Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters and Toy Story Midway Mania are theme park ride versions of this.* LiteralMinded: Face characters will sometimes develop a severe case of this when asked for an autograph.* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: [[http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Disney_Parks_characters Well]] [[http://www.charactercentral.net/ of]] [[http://www.kippel.com/philip/portfolio.php?cat_id=15&PHPSESSID=08fdec4beba44c91304934b7a22b78c5 course]]. Some of them have become subject to ChuckCunninghamSyndrome, including WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}, WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers, WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck, and the Franchise/PowerRangers[[note]]who aren't Disney property anymore as of 2010, thus justifiably retired for copyright reasons[[/note]]. [[NoExportForYou Some characters are exclusive to each park]], such as Huey, Dewey and Louie along with [[Disney/TheAristocats Berlioz and Toulouse for Disneyland Paris]], and [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Chef Louis for Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo Disney Sea]]. In recent years, characters such as Clarice from "Two Chips And a Miss" and [[TheAristocats Marie]] later made appearances at Walt Disney World,Disneyland, and other parks starting in 2011 and 2012.* LooksLikeJesus: Dreamfinder [[http://www.wdwradio.com/2007/10/exclusive-interview-with-ron-schneider-the-original-dreamfinder-from-journey-into-imagination/ according to one child]].* LostWorld: In Shanghai, Adventure Isle's Roaring Mountain is very much this, complete with mysterious isolated tribe and a PrehistoricMonster of a crocodile.* MadScientist:** ''The Timekeeper'' starred a robotic one voiced by Creator/RobinWilliams.** Dr. Seeker from ''Dinosaur'' takes riders back in time minutes before the meteor that would eliminate the dinosaurs hits, despite the safety restriction imposed by Dr. Marsh. He thankfully has the sense to return the riders to present day before the meteor actually makes impact.* MagicMap: Disneyland's live show ''Mickey and the Magical Map''. * MatrixRainingCode: Shows up in the current version of Spaceship Earth at the start of the descent. This probably wasn't meant to be unnerving but...* MeaningfulName: The two talent agents from ''The Enchanted Tiki Room: Under New Management'' are named William and Morris.** And pretty much any other character in the park who isn't from a pre-existing Disney movie or TV show is named meaningfully or [[PerfectlyCromulentWord punnily]].* MegaCorp: An intergalactic one in the form of X-S Tech in the now-gone ''Alien Encounter'' attraction at Magic Kingdom.** Disney itself falls into this with the amount of power that they wield at Disney World. Just look up [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reedy_Creek_Improvement_District "Reedy Creek Improvement District"]] and be ''astounded'' at the amount of power that the state of Florida gave Disney for its operations there. There's a reason why snarky Floridians call it "America's Vatican".** ''Series/RootOfAllEvil'' declared Disney to be ''more evil than [[ChurchOfHappyology SCIENTOLOGY]]''. Well, it is a whole lot bigger, wealthier, and influential, and thankfully hasn't caused anyone's death. Not on purpose anyway. That we know of. Less litigious, too.* MerchandiseDriven: If it's a popular movie or other Disney property that sells a lot of merchandise, odds are you can expect to see an attraction based on it -- if not now, then certainly in the near future. Whether this is a good or a bad thing is [[BrokenBase hotly debated]].** Every ride built for the last several decades ends by dumping you right into the gift shop for that attraction.*** And some are being actively remodeled so that they will dump guests into a gift shop. It's a Small World is, at the time of writing.** Snow globes were HUGE sellers for Disney World in the late 1990s/early 2000s. So much so that the Magic Kingdom's centerpiece for the 100 Years of Magic celebration (honoring Walt Disney's 100th birthday) in 2001 was the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Share_A_Dream_Come_True_Parade "Share a Dream Come True" parade]], whose floats were nothing but giant snow globe set-pieces with popular Disney characters inside. This ended up happening at the worst possible time: the September 11th attacks took place a month before the parade debuted, which not only slowed tourism but also led airlines to make restrictions on what items flyers could take on planes, with snow globes being one of the first banned souvenirs. This effectively killed off the booming Disney World snow globe business, and the parade limped on for five years before it was reconfigured into the "Disney Dreams Come True" parade, which was the same parade as before but minus the snow globe tops on the floats.* MickeyMousing: [[note]] Har-dee-har-har. [[/note]]** California Screamin's music swells and falls alongside the coaster, especially when climbing the second lift hill, and when going over the smaller hills above the Midway.** Many parades sync the effects on the floats, as well as the movement of characters and dancers, to the soundtrack.* MineCartMadness: Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.** The Big Grizzly Mountain attraction at Hong Kong Disneyland.** And in the Magic Kingdom, there is the [[Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Seven Dwarfs Mine Train]].* MonsterShapedMountain: Grizzly Peak in California Adventure.* MoodWhiplash: The "Celebrate a Dream Come True" used to have a villain float where they talked about ''their'' dreams coming true.** Also happens in Snow White's Scary Adventures. The Disneyland version cuts immediately from the witch falling off a cliff to a giant storybook reading, "...and they all lived HappilyEverAfter."** Plus, the brilliant finale of [=SpectroMagic=] comes just after a scene devoted to ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}'', whose last float depicts Bald Mountain, complete with Chernabog opening up and closing his wings periodically.* NonIronicClown: When New Fantasyland first opened in 2012. They used to have a group of clowns outside of Dumbo's Storybook Circus called "Giggle Gang Clown Troupe" during its first few years.** Also the clowns seen in the former 3D attraction "Magic Journeys" at Epcot's Imagination Pavilion. * TheMovie: One is currently stuck in DevelopmentHell, titled ''Magic Kingdom'', directed by Creator/JonFavreau, about a family that gets trapped in the park after dark ''a la NightAtTheMuseum'' (last I heard).** GuerrillaMovie: ''Film/EscapeFromTomorrow'', a black-and-white film about a man slowly going crazy (or is he?) during a family vacation, was secretly filmed at Disney World and Disneyland. The director was amazed he, his actors (who hid their scripts on their [=iPhones=]), and crew wasn't caught; then again what's one more a guy with a camera at Disney World?** Creator/BradBird and Damon Lindelof have produced a sci-fi flick titled ''{{Film/Tomorrowland}}'' starring Creator/GeorgeClooney and Creator/HughLaurie. It featured the similarly named theme park area as a cover up for an alternate dimension inhabited by visionaries.* [[MrFanservice Mr.]][=/=]MsFanservice: Some of the female parade dancers wear pretty short skirts for being in a Disney Theme Park. Especially the dancers on some of the parades in Europe. This equally goes for some of the male actors portraying musclebound, open-shirted characters.* MultipleChoicePast: As noted below, the burning shack on Literature/TomSawyer's Island.* {{Munchkin}}: There is a certain class of fan that treats a day at the park like a game. Most time on rides and least time in line wins. With the addition of [=FastPass=], the strategy has become even more SeriousBusiness.* MythologyGag: Increased a lot after the original park hit 40 years or so, especially as so many rides have gone away. It's not uncommon to see a nod to ''Horizons'' around today's Epcot, an attraction which itself had a ContinuityNod to ''Carousel of Progress.''** In fact, one of the biggest ''Horizons'' tributes in Florida is not in Epcot at all, but rather in the post-show for Space Mountain after the ride was overhauled in 2009.* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: Q'araq in Shanghai's Roaring Rapids.* NeverTrustATrailer: Sometimes, commercials for the attractions feature things that are not at all included in the actual attraction for obvious reasons other than for perhaps, dramatic effect.* NiceGuy: Practically a prerequisite for working in a Disney park. It's incredibly hard to find someone working there who ''doesn't'' genuinely enjoy doing their job (or at least do a decent job of ''acting'' like it), from the costumed characters to the guys who walk around with brooms and dustpans who keep the place obsessively clean.** This is a big part of Disney's corporate policy.*** It should be noted that they certainly don't get paid extra to smile.*** It is pretty much understood that when auditioning as Cast Member, the person auditioning [[FriendToAllChildren enjoys being around, better yet playing with, and is understanding and patient with children]].* NiceHat: Mainly (but not exclusively) the iconic mouse ears. It started with the classic Mouseketeer style and exploded from there. You can get one for practically any conceivable occasion or character now.** Also some of the Spectromen in Spectromagic wear hats with big feathers. * NonStandardCharacterDesign: The Spectromen from Spectromagic look a little out of place compared to the other Disney characters. There faces used to change color, act and move very energetically, and all their hair were fuzzed up. They later got redesigned in 2008 and became face characters.* NightmareFace: Mara can [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H2i3-CUr0I now]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7KdvhRMt5U do]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFOgW5CU_jo this.]]* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: The Pirate Zombie Robot part, anyway--audio-animatronic pirate skeletons on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.* NobleSavage and TheSavageIndian: Disneyland capitalized on the popularity of TheWestern with a full-blown Indian Village in the early days. Literature/TomSawyer Island featured a burning cabin and arrow-studded settler. As attitudes changed, the Indian Village closed in the 1970s and the burning cabin went through a series of new back stories -- river pirates, a moonshiner accident, and finally a careless settler [[GreenAesop endangering an eagle nest]] (seriously). The fire is finally out and the cabin is just a cabin.** Furthermore, you hear the narrator of the Railway train ride tour blabber on and on about "the spirit of Disney/{{Pocahontas}}" as you pass through the remains of the Indian Village.* ObviousBeta: Some criticisms seem to be merely because of maintenance and construction - "When I last went there, half the park was walled off", "*insert ride here* was closed so everybody swarmed Mullholland Madness/California Screamin'/Soarin' over California/Other attraction here", "The halls are too narrow because it's all under construction." This gives the ''feel'' of an ObviousBeta but work has to happen ''sometime''.* OfficialCosplayGear: One of the many things available as souvenirs, with one of the most famous being the hats with the Mickey Mouse ears.* OminousPipeOrgan: Dreamfinder played one in the Tales of Terror sequence of the original ''Journey Into Imagination'' (the twist, though, was that since the section was about literature, the organ resembled something of a huge typewriter/computer). And don't forget the atmospheric music in the Haunted Mansion, which even has an actual pipe organ being played by a ghost in the ballroom scene (and is actually the same pipe organ from ''[[Film/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea]]'').* TheOner: ''Honey, I Shrunk the Audience'' is built around two long, continuous-appearing shots to pull off its premise (see the trope page for details).* OpenSecret: Disneyland's Club 33. It's secret ''in theory'' and doesn't advertise, but it's not like Disney can prevent people from talking about it. Even if you never get to go (and most people won't--it ''is'' highly exclusive), you can learn as much as you want to know from various books and websites.* OracularHead: Madame Leota in the Haunted Mansion. Also the Shrunken Ned fortune telling machine at Disneyland's Adventureland.* OriginalGeneration: Many attractions around the different parks are original concepts not tied to pre-existing films, resulting in numerous original characters, prominent examples including Figment and Dreamfinder, the Orange Bird, the ghosts of the Haunted Mansion, the Country Bears, and the Society of Explorers and Adventurers.* OurFounder: The "Partners" statue of Walt and Mickey at the end of Main Street. The Florida park also has a statue of Roy Disney and Minnie. Plus Cars Land includes the statue of Radiator Springs' founder Stanley, as shown in the movie.* OurGhostsAreDifferent: ''The Haunted Mansion'''s spirits are said to be from all over the world, with the Mansion itself serving as a supernatural boarding house/retirement center. But in the ''Tower of Terror'', the ghosts seem to be permanently stuck in the hotel as a result of the elevator accident. Then in ''Phantom Manor'', we've got the ghostly villain taking on three forms throughout while tormenting the bride into old age.** In fairness, ''Tower of Terror'' (at the U.S. parks) is based on [[Series/TheTwilightZone an intellectual property]] that Disney had to license, so discrepancies could arise from that situation.*** Lampshaded in the [[Film/TowerOfTerror movie]] where it states that the ghosts can't actually leave the hotel grounds due to the curse that caused the accident in the first place. * OutOfFocus: The first iteration of Epcot's ''Journey Into Imagination'' attraction took guests on a hypothetical journey through the human mind's creative process ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin hence the title]]). The second iteration kept guests mostly in a laboratory, and focused on how optical illusions tricked people into seeing things that aren't really there... in order to (somehow) make the guests more creative. The third iteration ditches the first-person guest narrative entirely and instead spends (or at least attempts to spend) most of its time discussing how the five senses can trigger the imagination.** The message of the attraction has changed with each iteration as well, and seems to match up with whatever message the park itself was trying to push at the time it was made. The message of the 1983 version has the very 1980s Epcot message that "imagination and science can work together to solve the world's problems", while the message of the 1999 version had the very 1990s Epcot message of "science is totally awesome, and it can be used to analyze the imagination", and the message of the 2003 version has the very 2000s Epcot message of "science is boring, but imagination is totally awesome and the two should be separate".* OvenLogic: In the last part of the current version of ''Carousel of Progress'', though unintentional, the oven was programmed to automatically set the temperature if it hears numbers spoken aloud (that's one hell of a design flaw) and the father was talking about the Grandmother's score in a video game.* PantomimeAnimal: Cast members in character costumes who roam the parks. (This doesn't include "face characters", like Alice or Snow White.)* ParentalBonus: Disneyland has (or at least had) a few areas where parents could take a breather and enjoy some relatively tasteful atmosphere and fine dining, complete with (gasp!) alcoholic drinks. Oh, and the Submarine Lagoon used to have comely Mermaids in there to wave and smile at passing men. There also used to be a working Pharmacy, a tobacco store and a shop selling women's underclothes.** While Disney World's Magic Kingdom has a very, very strict "no alcohol, EVER" policy -- in 2012 it was relaxed at '''one''' new venue, the Be Our Guest restaurant, and only at dinnertime -- said policy does not extend to the non-Magic Kingdom parks. As a matter of fact, "Drinking Around the World" (guests attempt to try the signature alcoholic beverage of each country in Epcot's World Showcase) is a popular extra-curricular activity for some guests. They even let you bring a margarita on Mexico's El Rio del Tiempo until it closed for a {{Retool}} in 2007.** As for Disneyland, you'll probably have to head for California Adventure, unless if you're lucky enough to have a membership in the uber-exclusive [[http://www.disneylandclub33.com/ Club 33]]. There, you'll find the more complete bar in any Disney Park.** Animal Kingdom has its own [[http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/29/3165 beer]]** In the ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' play, Genie's lines.** A former band of holiday-themed street performers in the Hollywood Studios park in Florida performed a song about what they would build the perfect gingerbread man out of. After singing an overly-long description of how he bites the gingerbread man's arm off, a rather effeminate man completes his portion with the line "and a gummy thong!"** Journey into Imagination with Figment includes a handful of references to older Disney films going back to the 60's and 70's, including Film/TheComputerWoreTennisShoes* PoliticallyCorrectHistory: Pretty much any attraction with a historical setting, although ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' and ''The Hall of Presidents'' are major offenders. Upper management seems to think that people don't come to theme parks to be disturbed or have their consciences bothered, and they're probably right.** POTC is noticeable for once containing scenes that were considered less politically correct (pirates chasing wenches, a naked girl hiding in a barrel) that have since been replaced by "family friendly" versions (women chasing pirates away with brooms, Jack Sparrow hiding in a barrel).** Averted with the now-defunct ''Golden Dreams'' in California Adventure. The show didn't pull any punches regarding the treatment of native Indians by the conquistadors, the dangerous circumstances under which Chinese railroad laborers had to work during the Gold Rush, the overt racism against the Japanese (especially "picture brides") during the early part of the 20th century, or the hardship and borderline hostility towards migrants from Oklahoma and Arkansas during the Dust Bowl. (It often played to near-empty houses and has been closed and replaced by a dark ride themed to ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''.) ''Golden Dreams'' was intended as the SpiritualSuccessor to Epcot's still-running ''The American Adventure'', a retrospective on U.S. history through UsefulNotes/WorldWarII that does take a few moments to point out that women, blacks, and Native Americans often got the short end of the stick compared to white males.* PollyWantsAMicrophone: ''The Enchanted Tiki Room''.* PoisonousFriend: Disneyland's very first employee, C.V. Wood, is viewed as this by the company. He started out as a researcher for the Stanford Institute (who helped Disney locate the land for the park) and shortly after joined Disney full-time, becoming something of an unsung hero of the park's development. He was the guy who made sure that everything was running on schedule (the park only had a year to be built, so this was insanely important) and he also made many little deals with outside companies to help sponsor the park, and in doing so is credited with helping make the park a reality. Then, three months after Disneyland was opened, Roy Disney discovered that Wood was embezzling money from the park. He was very quickly fired from Disney... and then almost immediately afterwards set up his own amusement park development company with many of the people who had helped build Disneyland, and built many different Disneyland-esque parks around the United States, including the very first Ride/SixFlags.* ThePowerOfTheSun: Parts of the design for Sage of Time from ''Tapestry of Nations'' were meant to evoke sun god imagery, particularly his headdress* PrettyInMink: The cast members who are cast as a Franchise/DisneyPrincess get warmer dresses in winter, with the collar and cuffs lined with white faux fur, and [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Belle's]] actresses getting a white fur shoulder cape.* ProductPlacement: A rendition of the song "Dear Old Donegal" that was sung at Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe Theater swapped out the word "whiskey" for "Pepsi" in the lyrics. Given Walt Disney's somewhat cavalier attitude towards alcohol in his films and theme park attractions (despite refusing to sell it in the park), this was less {{Bowdlerization}} and more of a shout-out to the Theater's then-sponsor Pepsi-Cola.* PunctuatedForEmphasis: The Back. Side. Of. Water!* RaceLift: At the Asian parks, even at their American- and European-themed areas, you’ll hardly find a non-Asian, non-character cast member.* RandomlyGeneratedLevels: ''Star Tours: The Adventures Continue''.* RattlingOffLegal: Parodied in ''Star Tours: The Adventures Continue'', where the disclaimer for all the astronomical incidents the agency will not cover lasts for almost ''half a minute''. It is the EvilEmpire's reign, after all...* RaygunGothic: Tomorrowland at Walt Disney World. Tomorrowland at Disneyland ("updated" in the 90s to wild indifference) and Discoveryland at Disneyland Paris are more SteamPunk.* RecycledInSpace: Space Mountain is pretty much The Matterhorn [-IN SPACE-], sans monster (save for a spooky look for Halloween). This is even more apparent in Florida's version, where the vehicles only fit one rider per row, just like the Matterhorn.* {{Retcon}}: Attractions would be updated with new scenes or elements which become integrated into the storyline. This is typically done out of necessity for maintenance and/or to regain appeal. A notable example is the ghostly bride in the attic of ''The Haunted Mansion'' who [[AscendedExtra got her own complex backstory]] in 2006 after decades of being an amorphous, nameless character. See also Updated Re-release below.** The original ''Star Tours'' was continually updated with better graphics for a while before before being fully refurbished into ''Star Tours: The Adventures Continue''. A lot of these were mainly to include references to the ''Star Wars'' Prequel Trilogy.* {{Retraux}}: The 2008 Sleeping Beauty Castle Walkthrough at Disneyland uses all kinds of special effects to recreate a mid-50s attraction. Meanwhile, Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln utilizes audio from a 1964 World's Fair exhibit with an advanced audio-animatronic.* RhymesOnADime: The Dreamseekers from ''Tapestry of Dreams''* RibcageRidge: The T-Rex skeleton at ''Big Thunder Mountain''* RightOnQueue: The lines at especially popular attractions range into the truly absurd, especially for newer rides. Various methods have been attempted to combat this, like adding interesting things to look at during the wait including puzzles (The Indiana Jones ride has old hieroglyphs you can decode), short films that [[AllThereInTheManual help set up the plot]], and finally the Fast Pass system.** The longest ride queue to date occurred in Walt Disney World Christmas day (one of the busiest days for the park) in 2009, when one of the theaters for Epcot's Soarin' broke down. The resulting line from fans of the ride soon grew to '''SEVEN HOURS'''! For those keeping score at home, a flight from Orlando International Airport to LAX is only five hours. (Hard mode: Leave the end of the broken-down Soarin' line in Florida, hop on a ''real'' plane to LAX and arrive in Anaheim to get in line for ''their'' Soarin' Over California before you would've gotten to go on the Florida version!)** ''Radiator Springs Racers'' at Disney California Adventure Park - quite literally ''every. single. rider. knows. this''. Two-hour waits are quite common on the weekends, and fast passes for the entire day are gone by lunchtime. Couples will often get on the much shorter "single rider line"--when they get to the front they'll be split up to fill up the six-person cars, but with any luck they'll end up racing each other.* TheRoaringTwenties: Buena Vista Street, the revamped entry plaza to California Adventure, is themed to Los Angeles at the time Walt Disney first arrived there on the cusp of the GoldenAgeOfHollywood.* RodentsOfUnusualSize: Well, what else would you call the costumed versions of Mickey, Minnie, and other such characters?* ScalingTheSummit: Every now and then, a group of climbers will [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvRGENOjqJ0 ascend the Matterhorn]], helping complete the YodelLand theme. Though it's an artificial mountain, it's still a challenge and the climbers have to be certified before they are allowed on it. * SceneryPorn: Some scenery looks very artificial... but many of the resorts and rides are ''very'' elaborate.** Special mention goes to Storybook Land in Anaheim. Those plants you see in there? There's a good reason they look so realistic -- they ''are'' real.** Also, there are herbs growing throughout the parks in Anaheim, but there's a lot in Tomorrowland. There are herbs growing such as lavender, sage, and basil; fruits such as bananas, grapes, pomegranate, and oranges, and even peppers and coffee beans. All selected based on an "Agrifuture" concept for the area's landscaping.** In the Animal Kingdom park, the designers even made sure the streetlights and power poles looked correct for the regions of the world the park sections represent. And the entry rainforest contains plants from every continent.* SchmuckBait: The only reason why ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye'' doesn't end sooner is because most, if not all, of the guests will look into Mara's eyes despite the warning.* {{Scotireland}}: Anecdotal evidence suggests more than a few [[WesternAnimation/{{Brave}} Merida]] face characters don't know the difference between a Scottish and Irish accent.* ScrapbookStory[=/=]StoryBreadcrumbs: Outside pre-shows and the occasional outside [[AllThereInTheManual Manual]] is provided, all attraction backstories are generally conveyed through details scattered throughout their queues such as pictures, props, and documents that the observant can piece together into a greater whole.* ScriptWank: ''Ride/EllensEnergyAdventure''. The original Universe of Energy spent a lot of time discussing alternate energy sources, such as the solar panels on the attraction itself. The current version, which launched in 1996, may well be titled ''I Love Fossil Fuels''.* SeriousBusiness: ** Understandably, going into out of bounds areas or entering onto the abandoned sections of the park is not something taken lightly by the park staff, and they will mark you a trespasser and get you permanently banned from entering any of the parks. They have cameras ''everywhere'', so don't think you won't get caught.** In the parks more conservative years, the staff had ''no'' tolerance for any image defacing or even parodying WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse on a t-shirt. Cartoonist Scott Shaw recalled an incident in the 70's where a staffer threatened to eject him from the park without a refund for simply wearing a Mickey Rat T-shirt, but allowed him to stay if he bought an official Mickey Mouse t-shirt from the local gift shops. A similar but even more bizarre incident occurred in the 90's where staff who worked on WesternAnimation/RunawayBrain were not allowed to enter the park because they wore their crew shirts from working on the film, which had the [[GrandTheftMe monstrous Julius-Mickey]] depicted on front.** Ah, pin trading... Just to name one thing.* SexySilhouette: Naturally Ms. Toonservice herself, [[HelloNurse Jessica Rabbit]] makes one in the queue to ''Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin''.* TheShangriLa: The area around Expedition Everest at ''Animal Kingdom''.* ShoutOut: When the Disneyland "It's a Small World" was refurbished in 2009, they added dolls for [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon classic Disney characters]] to the appropriate regions--{{Disney/Cinderella}} (with Jacques and Gus-Gus) in France, {{Disney/Pinocchio}} in Italy, and so on.* ShownTheirWork: In addition to most of the science in the Animal Kingdom being accurate, the scent pumped into the theater for It's Tough to Be a Bug's stink bug scene is actually what a real stink bug smells like.* ShrunkenHead: The Jungle Cruise has a native witch doctor at the end holding a few of these, seemingly to sell to passing tourists. River guides at this point will usually insert an IncrediblyLamePun.* SigilSpam: The Mickey symbol is '''everywhere'''. Fans have raised finding all of them, no matter how small or subtle, to an art form.* SignsOfDisrepair: In ''Honey, I Shrunk the Audience!'', as Wayne's hovering machine malfunctions, it slams into the neon sign reading "INVENTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD", which knocks out some letters leaving only "NERD" before shorting out the sign entirely.** The ''Tower of Terror'': The neon sign of the Hollywood Tower Hotel is left damaged from the lightning accident with one or two of the letters flickering when lit up at night. Also the lobby directory had several missing from the bulletin board...with the missing letters spelling out "evil tower u r doomed" at the bottom.** Another California Adventure example: A playground area themed to a decrepit boat named the ''S.S. Trustworthy''...except that the initial T had fallen off.* SlippySlideyIceWorld: ''The Matterhorn'', ''Expedition Everest'' and the ''Blizzard Beach'' water park.* SouvenirLand: Parodied by ''Chester and Hester's Dino-Rama'', though the area itself would grow to be hated by park fans owing to its silly, carnival-style rides.* SpiritualSuccessor: New attractions will come up that replace and/or greatly remind you of a previous attraction that A: Are thematically similar, B: Utilize the very same or similar technology, C: Were produced with the involvement of notable creators from a previous attraction or D: Simply just have a multitude of attributes in common. These attractions may even exist in the ''same park'', no less.** ''The Haunted Mansion'' is easily one to ''Adventure Thru Inner Space'' (''[[IncrediblyLamePun in more ways than one, you might say]]''). Both are Omnimover/"Doom Buggy"-type dark rides narrated by legendary voice actor Paul Frees, opened in the late [[TheSixties 1960s]].** YMMV, but ''The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror'' could be one to ''The Haunted Mansion'': two classic, popular, [[DarkerAndEdgier dark]], horror-themed, Disney attractions set within haunted venues and narrated by [[TheVoice disembodied voices]].** The ''Indiana Jones Adventure'' to ''Star Tours'' and, by extension, ''Captain EO'' since they're all adventure-themed collaborations of Disney and Creator/GeorgeLucas.*** While we're on ''Star Tours'', consider Epcot's beloved ''Body Wars''. The interior of the Bravo 229 vessel mimics that of the Starspeeder so much, you couldn't help but automatically think that you're on "''Star Tours'' only inside the human body". Even the instructional video was a clone. This is because ''Star Tours'' opened at Disneyland in 1987, but didn't arrive in Florida until December 1989 (Metropolitan Life, which sponsored Epcot's Wonders of Life where ''Body Wars'' was found, insisted on opening that ride first, which it did in October of 1989). ''Body Wars'' copied the technology and arrived shortly before the original did, at a different park -- one that, at the time, was trying to plus up its image with kids via more exciting attractions.** ''Luigi's Flying Tires'' and ''Radiator Springs Racers'' of California Adventure's Cars Land to Disneyland's ''Flying Saucers'' (1961-1966) and ''Test Track'' (currently-running Epcot attraction), respectively.*** ''Radiator Springs Racers'' is also one to Disneyland's short-lived ''Rocket Rods'', which in itself was a hybrid of ''Test Track'' and ''[=PeopleMover=]''.** Epcot's ''Mission: [=SPACE=]'' to Disneyland's former attraction ''Rocket to the Moon'', later renamed ''Flight to the Moon'', which was then remade into ''[[Film/MissionToMars Mission to Mars]]'' and is now Pizza Planet Port Restaurant.*** On a park section scale, Epcot's Future World is this to Tomorrowland.** Animal Kingdom's ''Expedition Everest'' to Disneyland's own ''Matterhorn Bobsleds''.** Arguably, California Adventure's ''World of Color'' might be seen as this to Disneyland's ''Fantasmic!''.** ''Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin'' to ''Mad Tea Party'' a.k.a. "The Tea Cups".** ''Pandora: The World of Avatar'' at Animal Kingdom appears to be one to the abandoned Beastly Kingdom, at least on the concept level of a land where imaginary animals live.* The entire concept of Animal Kingdom in of itself is one to not only Adventureland, but also to the Jungle Cruise, which Walt had initially considered to feature real animals until he opted to use audio-animatronics in their place. * SpeakingSimlish: While the Spectromen from the nighttime parade Spectromagic do talk in English. They mostly communicate by singing or speaking with made up words. Which can create some {{Mondogreens}} as a result which really doesn't help since in the very early days of the parade they had robotic like sounds.* SpotlightStealingSquad: Disney has recently been revamping large sections of the park to make room for a ''lot'' of new Star Wars attractions, even permanently closing down the ''Magic of Disney Animation Attraction'' and even parts of Frontierland forever to make room for them.* TheStarscream: The Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom game shakes things up and has Maleficent play this part to Hades, who serves as the BigBad. Jafar and Ursula are also trying to take the [[MacGuffin Crystal of the Magic Kingdom]] pieces for themselves or shake off Hades' leadership.* SteamPunk: Mysterious Island at Tokyo [=DisneySea=] is based on the works of Jules Verne, and clearly looks the part. Tomorrowland's present form was also inspired by Verne, although it's not too obvious.** Disneyland Paris, of course, also has this theme, and [[RuleOfThree was inspired by Verne]] as well, with him being one of the most respected and famous writers in the country.* StockDinosaurs: ** Disneyland's Primeval World diorama and EPCOT's Universe of Energy depicts, in order, ''Dimetrodon'' (not a dinosaur, but certainly a Stock Prehistoric Reptile-Like Thing), ''Apatosaurus,'' ''Pteranodon'' (see above parenthetical), ''Triceratops'', ''Struthiomimus'', ''Stegosaurus,'' and ''Tyrannosaurus.'' Most of them are none too accurate, but then [[ScienceMarchesOn the animatronics were built in the 1960s.]]** Fairly averted with Animal Kingdom's DINOSAUR: Countdown to Extinction which depicts a ''Styracosaurus'', a ''Alioramus'', ''Parasaurolophus'' (called a "Hadrosaur" [[note]]Not inaccurate, but Hadrosaur is the Family name and not the Genus[[/note]]), a ''Velociraptor'' (called just "Raptor"), a "Saltasaurus" (called just "Sauropod"), the Pterosaur ''Cearadactylus'', a ''Compsognathus'', a ''Iguanodon''; and of course the ''Carnotaurus'' which is stock now but not at the time of the ride. Most of them hold up pretty decently today. The Velociraptor lacks feathers but is the correct size. * StuffBlowingUp: Mostly in shows, and not just fireworks displays.* TakeThat: In ''The Great Movie Ride'', upon preparing to enter [[Franchise/{{Alien}} the Nostromo,]] the gangster from ''Film/ThePublicEnemy'' will often note it's getting horrific… and quip "[[Main/{{Joisey}} Jersey?]]".* TakeThatUs: The park staff often takes pot shots at "It's a Small World". It's somewhat of a whipping boy. ** The Magic Kingdom park staff similarly used to take shots at ''The Hall of Presidents'', before the 2009 redo was implemented [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap which made the show considerably less boring and preachy]].* TheBusCameBack: Some Disney characters who haven't been seen in the parks for years such as Huey, Dewey and Louie and [[TheRescuers Mrs Bianca and Bernard]] have returned to doing meet and greets. [[NoExportForYou Unfortunately they are only exclusive to Disneyland Paris or Tokyo Disney Resort.]] However Thumper did return to doing meet and greets at Animal Kingdom sometime in the late 2000's since he hasn't been seen at WDW or Disneyland since the 70's. [[WesternAnimation/ABugsLife Flick]] has also returned to doing meet and greets in Animal Kingdom* TookALevelInKindness: Some of the characters that guests can meet including villains are a lot more nicer and not as mean or mischevious are they were in the original films they were in and depending on the character. Such as Marie who is energetic, sweet and loves showing affection with guests while in the film she debuted in would mostly act like a SpoiledBrat and being arrogant around her brothers.* TheTalk: Yes, Epcot's ''The Making of Me'' was real. While [[http://waltdatedworld.com/id233.htm this site]] does not include the film, it does have a photo of the hilarious disclaimer outside the theater. Still to be answered: Is the middle of an already overstimulating Disney World vacation ''really'' the best time to have this subject brought up, possibly for the first time for some kids? That said, Martin Short actually handled it pretty well.* TempleOfDoom: The ''Indiana Jones'' attractions. At [=DisneySea=], it's complimented by the ''Raging Spirits'' coaster.* TemptingFate: Common in performances of ''Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular''-->'''Jafar''': [...]we can't just sit around and wait for someone to burst into the palace, blow a trumpet, and announce that they've found the love of your life--->*Trumpets*-->'''Genie''': Burst! Presenting Prince Ali Ababwa, the love of Princess Jasmine's life! * {{Thememobile}}: The ''Disney Stars and Motorcars'' parade at Disney's Hollywood Studios featured popular Disney characters (and characters licensed by Disney for the parks) riding in themed cars.* ThemeParkVersion: TropeMaker. The characters were already ThemeParkVersion's of the original stories, and then they go through an additional layer of this when they're actually put into the theme park...* TimeMarchesOn: The reason for the many changes in story as to how the settler's cabin on the banks of Disneyland's Rivers of America caught fire. In the original 1950s version, the settler had been ambushed by an "unfriendly Indian" who burned his cabin down and shot him with an arrow (complete with [[{{Squick}} the settler's corpse splayed out on the ground]] with an arrow sticking out). In the 1970s this was changed to the less offensive story of the settler being ambushed and killed by river pirates (the corpse remained, but the arrow was removed). In the 1980s someone apparently decided that this was too depressing and the settler instead became a moonshiner whose still exploded and set his cabin on fire (the settler's body stayed but guests were assured that he wasn't dead, just passed out drunk from his own liquor). In the 1990s the settler became a careless moron who not only set fire to his own cabin by accident, [[GreenAesop but even worse was threatening the home of the wildlife around him]] (his body by this point had been removed). As of the 2000s his cabin is no longer burning - stricter emission standards in California caused Disney to turn the flames off, and the cabin was turned into the home of DavyCrockett's friendly rival, Mike Fink, King of the River.* TitleDrop: Every ride will somehow try to work this in. ** "''It's A Small World'' after all", "Welcome, foolish mortals to ''The Haunted Mansion''", "I'll turn his dream into a nightmare ''Fantasmic''" to name a few.** The Spectromen from Spectromagic can be heard singing the title of the parade a few times.* ToonTown: One inspired by the TropeNamer, no less.* TotallyRadical: The initial vibe of much of DCA and one of the major complaints. Most vestiges of that have been removed in the restructuring of the park (a major example being the "look-at-us-we're-cool" Mulholland Madness being re-themed into Goofy's Sky School, now calling back to an old cartoon instead).* ToyTime:** Both ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory Midway Mania'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin]]''[=/=]''Astro Blasters'''.** Hong Kong Disneyland's themed world [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Toy Story Land]].* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Thanks to being sponsored by Dole and operating a snack stand on the edge of the waiting area, the Tiki Room is heavily associated with pineapple treats. There are even a couple pieces of Adventureland merchandise featuring the "Dole whip" pineapple frozen yogurt.* TreehouseOfFun: Disney/{{Tarzan}}'s Treehouse in Adventureland (formerly the Film/SwissFamilyRobinson Treehouse).* TronLines:** The 2012 redo of Test Track is about as close to a ''{{Film/TRON}}'' attraction as you can get without actually being a ''TRON'' attraction.** During the Halloween season, spooky light shows are projected on the outside of Disneyland's Space Mountain, including some that outline the entire cone with Tron Lines.** The TRON Lightcycle Power Run coaster at Shanghai Disneyland, of course, has these in spades.* UnderTheSea: The Submarine rides, the ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' attractions and ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'' dark rides.* VagueAge: The Spectromen appear to be fully grown adults? While it's easy to tell by there voices some of the Spectromen sound very young.* VocalDissonance: Some of the Spectromen have voices that won't match the appearance depending on the one you encounter.* VocalEvolution: In the early years of Spectromagic from 1991 - 1995 the Spectromen used to have robotish voices but changed in 1996 to sound more easier to understand.* UnexpectedCharacter: The shops in Epcot's World Showcase sometimes carry merchandise of works from the country in question, meaning you can be wandering WDW and run into merch of ''Series/DoctorWho'', the latest ''Anime/PrettyCure'' season, or even ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}''.** Some meet and greets characters at the parks can be very unexpected mainly the rarely seen characters at Disneyland and Walt Disney World. Such as [[GirlOfTheWeek Clarice from "Two Chips And A Miss"]] who was a one shot character but is found on a lot of merchandise in Tokyo Disney Resort and Disneyland Paris and is very common in both Tokyo Disney Resort and Disneyland Paris unlike the other Disney Parks. Toulouse and Berlioz from ''The Aristocats'' were also very unexpected at any of the Disney parks since they weren't seen as often as there sister Marie was in merchandise and both debuted at Disneyland Paris. However they did begin appearing in more Marie merchandise at Tokyo Disney Resort and Disneyland Paris.* UpdatedRerelease:** Quite a few rides have been altered over the years. Although whether or not this is a good thing is up to debate, most have just received technical upgrades. This also helps keep some rides from getting too old, not only because they're over fifty years old, but also for safety purposes. ** Among others, the ''Star Tours'' ride got [[ReTool retooled]] to include more scenes and characters from the entire ''Franchise/StarWars'' film saga, uniting both the classic and prequel trilogies.* VariableMix:** Many of the rides with iconic theme music have that music change slightly from scene to scene, utilizing different instrumentation, rhythm, and even chords to provide the right atmosphere for the visuals. "It's a Small World" is the most famous example, but an even better one is "It's Fun to Be Free", the jaunty theme song from the now-defunct World of Motion attraction. You can sometimes catch it on [[http://mouseworldradio.com/ MouseWorld Radio]].** Many of the parades do this. For example, the Main Street Electrical Parade has a unique theme for each float, and the sound system smoothly segues between them as the floats move down the route.* VillainSong:** The ''Hallowishes'' show.** "Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life For Me)"** "''Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize...''"* TheWildWest: Frontierland (also, Westernland at Tokyo Disneyland and, to a lesser degree, Grizzly Gulch at Hong Kong Disneyland).* WoodenShipsAndIronMen: This exact phrase is used in the recorded narration for the ''Sailing Ship Columbia'' attraction (a full-scale replica of the historical ship)* WorldTour:** It's a Small World takes guests through various countries around the world.** Epcot's World Showcase, which features scaled-down versions of famous countries around the world.** There was once a Circle-Vision show called ''Magic Carpet 'Round the World'', which played only at Walt Disney World and Tokyo Disneyland very early on in their respective lives.* WorldTree: The Tree of Life, the centerpiece of Disney's Animal Kingdom.** The "Tree of Technology" in Anaheim's Innoventions attraction also seems to have a bit of this vibe.* YodelLand: No, [[IThoughtItMeant this isn't a new park area]]. Disneyland literally built a replica of the Matterhorn as one of their attractions, the Matterhorn Bobsleds. In addition to a thrilling ride to meet the AbominableSnowman, climbers frequently scale the mountain's sides and yodelers will entertain guests below.* {{Zeerust}}:** Tomorrowland and Epcot fell into this over time. The former was originally how people in 1955 thought people would be living in 1980; the latter, how people in 1982 thought people would be living in 2000. The Tomorrowlands were eventually overhauled to reflect "the future that never was", an invocation of this trope but with a more acceptably retro feel.** Actually [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] and then [[ReconstructedTrope reconstructed]] in the old attraction ''Horizons'', which reminisced about some visions of the future that were off the mark, then goes ahead and made some slightly less absurd (at the time) predictions of its own.* ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld: Dreamfinder's CoolShip was one of these.